PowerDesigner failed to read a file error when i opened a PDM document
My PD got closed and system restarted due to some software updates. I was working on a PDM before restarting. After when i try to open the PDM , i am getting PowerDesigner failed to read a file error ....
View ArticleReverse Engineering Custom DataTypes -> GUID() in SQL Server to PostgreSQL
Hi, I am reverse engineering SQL Server Database to a customized PostGreSQL DB. In SQL Server we have CLR based DataTypes like GUID(). I want to map GUID() from SQL to a Varchar(max) in above...
View ArticlePower Designer 16.5 product version
hi comunity, what's the versions of Power designer 16.5 and differences?
View ArticleOld and new PowerDesigner Portal
Hello all, My last version of PowerDesigner and PowerDesigner Portal was 16.5. I updated to 16.5 SP4. The upgrade was ok but I noted that the PowerDesigner Portal updated to the new one and I lost the...
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[PowerDesigner Portal 16.5] service does not exists
Hi there, I'm trying to install the PowerDesigner Portal.I can succesfully finish the installation with the following settings So I have choosen to both install an new Tomcat server as well as a new...
View ArticleFunction for Get a specific entity from Entity Collection
Hi All I found there is a function for retrieving the specific object collection from the Model Dim Mdl As PdCommon.BaseModel Set PD = CreateObject("PowerDesigner.Application") PD.OpenModel...
View ArticleHow to prevent a Poodle attack
A Poodle attack is a form of man-in-the-middle attack that can occur when using HTTPS protocol to communicate from a web client to a server....
View ArticleDomain Data type information Using script
Hi All I was trying to gather the data type information using Script For Each d In model.Domains Debug.Print d.Name Debug.Print d.DataTypeNextShows the below results NameA30Short...
View ArticlePowerDesigner roadmap - Microsoft PDW (APS) support
Hi, is there a chance to get PowerDesigner roadmap?We would like to know whether there is planned support for Microsoft PDW (Parallel Data Warehouse) database. MS SQL Server definition file is only of...
View ArticlePowerDesigner failed to read a file error when i opened a PDM document
My PD got closed and system restarted due to some software updates. I was working on a PDM before restarting. After when i try to open the PDM , i am getting PowerDesigner failed to read a file error ....
View ArticleHow to automatically discover entity relationships when making ERD?
Hi Guys, I'm not sure if this has been asked and answered before but I searched and could not find the answer to my question. I'm new to PD and I want to reverse engineer an oracle database. I want to...
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Downloadin PD 16.5 SP2
I'm looking forward to downloading PD 16.5 SP2, which includes the 64-bit version of PD, but why-oh-why have they combined the 32-bit and 64-bit versions into one huge (2,925,384,014 bytes) ZIP file?...
View ArticlePowerDesigner 16.5 repository on Oracle
Hello, what are the recommendations for best PowerDesigner repository performance on Oracle 11g DB? The PD environment is quite small, little tens of models, 10 - 15 users. Anyway, I`d like to get...
View ArticlePowerDesigner Web Search Filter
The new PowerDesigner Web portal is extremely impressive. However the search is troubling and will probably prevent us from making the new portal available to business users. Is there a way to filter...
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Traceability Link 'Traceability Link' (Traceability Link): Both link...
Hi, I need some help with Traceability Links. I'm getting following error message when checking in the model into the repository: Traceability Link 'Business Process Model 'Corporate Funding Back...
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How to customize Category and Category items list while creating New Model
Hi, what the most convenient way to customize the Category and Category items list while creating New Model? This is standard: Now, what we want to achieve, is to customize this menu, to:1. Display in...
View ArticleDoes PowerDesigner v16.1 Repository track who has checked out models?
Does the PowerDesigner Repository track who has checked out data models, when they were checked out, and if they were checked out as read only? Is this information that can be easily reported on? Or...
View ArticleOrganizing Models in PD
HiWe are currently brainstorming what is the best way to organize models in PD. We are working on a large DW initiative that has several subject areas. So our current thought process is: 1. Create PD...
View ArticleNamed Paths -> _SHARED vs. what is used when Library is synchronized
Hi, I have a strange behaviour in one of our systems ... In the General Options, the _SHARED Named Path is set to C:\, but when I'm synchronizing the Library, the files/folders are stored in:...
View Articleconvert NATURAL KEYS in my LDM into SURROGATE KEYS when I generate my PDM?
PowerDesigner 16.5 My logical data model (LDM) contains only natural keys (NKs). All of my LDM relationships reference NKs. When generating my physical data model (PDM), I wand a surrogate key added...
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