DB2 DDL generation order
Hi, I am using PD 16.5. I have a problem with generating DDL for an auxiliary table. It appears in front of the CREATE DATABASE statement. That's not what I want. According to the manual it should be...
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 ArticleWhat is the best way to have two modelers working concurrently on a LDM?
Hiwe have a situation where two modelers have to work on a single LDM file concurrently, although they both are working on different entities. they may create new domains or some new diagrams etc; I...
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Extending a standard collection
Hi, I'm wondering, is it possible to extend a standard collection? I want to add some additional attributes ... I'm talking about this one here, but it doesn't matter ... a colleciton is a collection...
View ArticleDefine a Time Start Event in PowerDesigner BPM Models
Hi, just wondering ... according to BPMN 2.0 there are many different start and end events. One of them is the Time Start Event. In the help we can find such a definition for this event: The following...
View ArticleIs there a way in PD to hook into an event after a report has been generated?
I have a custom script that is run to enhance some of the HTML generated report files, and as of right now this is a two step process. 1) Generate the HTML report (using Multimodel report)2) Run the...
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Internet Explorer woes - is it only me?
I went off Firefox a while ago, can't remember why, so I've been using Internet Explorer 11 for a while. I have great difficulty when I'm editing postings for this community using IE:I can't paste...
View ArticleIssue with Target Models in Repository
Hi, We recently migrated to Oracle Repository(16.5 SP03) for maintaining Physical models, earlier the models were maintained in a Network folder. Example models - Model1.PDM(Parent...
View ArticleIndex columns on PowerDesigner Web
Hi, When I publish on the Portal a table that have indexes, in the "Contents" tab of the index, the columns don't appear. In this tab appear just a column named "Sort" with value "1" and another column...
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Namespace issues
Hi, just wondering ... I have a BPM Model divided in packages ..., I have in each of the packages a swimlane. Each package has the "Use Parent Namespace" unchecked ... so why I'm not able to use the...
View ArticleCannot map to XML base types
In my XML model, I have defined complex types that are derived by extension from other complex types (also called base types in the UI). When I go to the mapping editor, I cannot map to elements that...
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 ArticleDB2 DDL generation order
Hi, I am using PD 16.5. I have a problem with generating DDL for an auxiliary table. It appears in front of the CREATE DATABASE statement. That's not what I want. According to the manual it should be...
View ArticleVisual Studio plug-in
We are interested in using the Visual Studio plug-in to be able to get PDM's from our repository transported to Visual Studio/TFS in which the build and maintenance workflow of our databases are...
View ArticleClick on symbols in the Web Portal
Hello, In some diagrams in the PowerDesigner Web, I can't click in symbols like tables and references to see the properties of them... in the same diagram, some symbols I can click others no... trying...
View ArticleGenerate Reports from Repository
Hi, I am trying to automate report generation in Powerdesigner repository using VBscripting. Task is to check if the Physical model has changed in the repository in last 24 hours, if changed generate...
View ArticleAccess extention attributes with Object type for VB Script
Hello!I can't access extention attributes with Object type for VB Script. The following functions either don't work or cause exeptions: HasExtendedAttribute, GetExtendedAttribute and...
View ArticleHow to modify view DDL?
Looking to modify the view DDL. Using PowerDesigner version 15.2 for Teradata. Have been able to make quite a bit of customization on the .xdb but there are two things I want to change: a) list all the...
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Problem with importing model from HANA repository in PowerDesigner...
Hi, I am trying to import attribute view and analytic view from HANA database1.0(revision 53) repository to PowerDesigner v16.5.0.4038 EBF2 but I can not get the views to a multidimensional PDM model...
View ArticlePublishing the model to PowerDesigner Web
Hello folks, You may notice that the majority of my questions are related with the PowerDesigner Web... I have made available the Portal to the users of the company to see the diagrams of my model and...
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