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View Articleobjects generated out of order
I have noticed that the DDL generated will often have objects generated out of order, such as some (but not all) tables and views being generated before the drop database command. Is there something I...
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Can someone provide link to download PowerDesigner 16.5 VIEWER only? Trying to do "PowerDesigner 16.5 Viewer Software Download". from this URL...
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View ArticleMigrate SQL Server database to SAP Hana
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View ArticlePD 16.5 SP03 PL01 Error Messages and Slowness
Questions on Power Designer slowness and errors. (1) My tool responds very slowly. If I am working on a tool for more than an hour, it becomes very slow to respond. (2) Since last one week, I can't...
View ArticleAbout Page View All pages, Symbols vs X,Y axis
Hi, I click on View=>Page view=>All pages PowerDesigner display : 33 x 25 cells a) Can we obtain with mouse mouvement values for X and Y axis when we go on Page View ? b) Do you know in which...
View ArticleMigrate SQL Server database to SAP Hana
Hi, I am unable to see the option Database --> Apply Model Changes to HANA repository as described in the documentation. If a plug in needs to be enabled, then how to go about doing that? Thanks
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