Hi Team,
I am trying to change de deafult name os relationships/references.
In a LDM model for default the relationship name is Relationship_1 and I want to change this default for ParentEntity_nn (nn is a sequencial number like "01", "02" , ...)
I know that probably I can do it in Event hadler Initialize, but is it the better way?
There is other option?
Assertion Template? I don't know how it works.
Best regards.
PD16.5.3 SP03 PL01
I have two physical data models (A.pdm, B.pdm) . I make a replica of a table in A.pdm to B.pdm by Drag&Drop (shift+alt).
If there is a reference between T1(parent table) and T2 (child table), when I drag and drop the T1 and the T2 to B.pdm, I want to create a reference between the replica of T1 and the replica of T2 in B.pdm. Any solution ? Is there an event handler about Drag and Drop in Table Metaclass ?
Thanks.
Hi,
In PD 16.5 I try to hide some of the attributes in a shortcut that is sourced in another (opened) LDM model.
Can't modify the Display-column in the attribute-tab though.
Makes (a bit) sense since it is a shortcut.
But I recall I was able to do so earlier, something to do with a little dropdown sub thingie, but I am afraid i can't reproduce (not in my mind and not in real life:-). (but I'm quit sure it was about shortcuts, not replica's).
I added my case as two LDM's, where I like two know how I can hide the display of e.g. attribute_3 from the shortcut in ldm 2.
Anyone that knows how this is established: your answer is very much appreciated.
Cheers
Wim
Hello,
I have a computer with SAP Business Objects 4.1 SP2 and SAP PowerDesigner 16.5.3.2 (4343).
When I try to enable SAP BusinessObjects Add-ins I get the error message "Add-in SAP BusinessObjects license check failed".
Anyone can help ?
Kr,
Thierry
Hello,
several times I try to check-in and get an error message, that the check-in was canceled due to errors.
I turned on the log of the repository proxy and found this log entries.
2014- 4-30 10:46:28 debug - Prepare(36): update PMSEQN set VALE=254353 where NAME='PMTEXT' and VALE=254355
2014- 4-30 10:46:28 debug - Prepare(36): update PMSEQN set VALE=926 where NAME='PMXMMD' and VALE=935
2014- 4-30 10:46:28 debug - Prepare(36): update PMSEQN set VALE=19751 where NAME='PMXMCL' and VALE=19753
2014- 4-30 10:46:28 debug - Prepare(36): update PMSEQN set VALE=12969 where NAME='PMXMAT' and VALE=12975
2014- 4-30 10:46:28 debug - Respond(36): code 0 with stream of bytes
2014- 4-30 10:46:30 debug - ProcessRequest(36): received UPDATE with length 1157230
2014- 4-30 10:46:30 warning - ProcessRequest(36): consolidation of model 292755, 1157104 actions
2014- 4-30 10:46:31 debug - Respond(36): code 105
2014- 4-30 10:46:31 error - Respond(36): error code 105 returned for action UPDATE
2014- 4-30 10:46:31 debug - ProcessRequest(36): received ERRORS
2014- 4-30 10:46:31 debug - Respond(36): code 0
2014- 4-30 10:46:31 debug - ProcessRequest(36): received ENDTRANS with status 0
2014- 4-30 10:46:31 debug - SProxyDbCnct(36): disconnecting from PD_REPO (leaving 1 open)
2014- 4-30 10:46:31 debug - Respond(36): code 0
What is the reason of this error.
After 3 trials the check-in is working. Is my repository corrupt?
kind regards
Christian
PS: This is a big repository with 600 tables & sequences / 6000 columns
I have installed the 16.5 Information Architect 32bit base (16.5.0.3982). Do you recommend I install an SP03 EBF over the base to get the latest maintenance and, if so, which of the 3 EBFs below I see listed on the SAP SYBASE support portal should be used? I'm assuming the EBFs are cumulative and no other intermediate SPs, PLs, etc need to be first applied as prereqs.
EBF 22451: 16.5 SP03 PL01
EBF 22756: 16.5 SP03 PL02 PowerDesigner x86
EBF 22249: 16.5 SP03 x86
Thanks in advance.
I was working on a report and created a LESS sheet to help me style it. I though I might as well share. If you don't know about LESS, it's used to template/generate CSS using a LESS pre-processor/compiler. You can find them on the web. To use just run the file through the processor (you may need to change the extension to .less) and it will create a report.css file. You can just drop it into the styles folder of your report directory (replace the existing one). You can change the colors, fonts, sizes, etc. Just by changing a couple of values in the configuration section. Almost all values are calculated from these. All measures are px
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Can anyone advise me which group(under Model Options -> Naming Conventions) controls the max code length for the below in a physical data model.
FK Constraints
PK Constraints
UK Constraints
The context sensitive help from this window does not describe what physical objects some of these impact. For instance, I thought Reference would control FK Constraints, but it is not. I have FK Constraints being generated longer than 30 characters, which is the max that Oracle allows. Other objects is a catch all that I did not restrict to 30 as that then shortens lot of other things that I don't even know and might want to.
I tried looking in the PD Meta model help under "Libraries -> PdPDM -> Model Options", but I don't understand much of what is described there.
I have following in the Oracle 11g DBMS Resource file under the branch "ORA11GR1::Script\Objects\Reference\ConstName".
I need this so that I have FK constraints generated with a sequence number suffix. Maybe the Model naming options don't apply when this is used and I need to figure out the syntax to chop the table name so that to 24 as FK_ and _1 will use up 6 characters in the constraint name.
FK_%TABLE%_%REFRNO%
Hello,
maybe you can help me with following problem.
I used an Extended Attribute Type as a Datatype for my Extended Object.
Now I want to retrieve the ValueList of my Extended Attribute Type.
Unfortunately I have no idea how to do that.
Do anyone of you have an idea how to come to the solution?
Thanks in advance and best regards
Hello,
how can i generate a changelog of changes in my model since a specific revision.
kind regards
Christian
Hello,
when I last tried to check in a PDM into the repository PowerDesigner crashed (disappeared from the screen) without any error message (something like GPF I believe). Now, when I try to check in again, I get the following message box: "
---------------------------
PowerDesigner - Confirmation
---------------------------
The document 'Data Model - Oracle - Filiale' is already
in exclusive access on your workstation.
Do you want to bypass this protection?
---------------------------
Yes No
---------------------------
What is the meaning of this message? I never tried to get some kind of exclusive access. Even If I had exclusive access, why should that prevent me from check in the model? How can I finish the exclusive access to the document?
If I answer "Yes" PowerDesigner crashes again. When I answer "No" nothing happens as expected.
Can anyone give some insights and help to overcome the issue?
TIA,
Chris Werner
p.s. Using PowerDesigner 16.5.0.3982
Hallo team,any successful customer stories on power designer.if any please share
We are preparing to convert our PowerDesigner clients from 15.3 to 16.5. We would like to ensure
that the entire Repository upgrade is done at one time by the administrator. We would like to avoid
the message "The Repository does not contain all the required definitions. Do you want to update
it?" being generated later for Repository Users. Is there a way to interrogate the Repository to see
which modules each repository user included when their client PowerDesigner software was installed?
If not in the Repository, is there some other way to obtain it?
If we did find Repository Users with non-standard modules, we could have them run a Change via
Program and Features to remove any non-standard modules prior to upgrading their client software to16.5.
Would like to include shell script commands before a create table statement. Modified the .xdb but PowerDesigner does not recognize this code as it is not native to the database. Is there a way to disable the syntax check so that the create table script can include these statements rather than a number of errors? Running v15.2 of PowerDesigner. Any feedback would be appreciated!
Hello,
we want to search on Repository in all existing models a charactere string in text documents
(comment, notes, annotation) in all Table objects (PDM).
For example:
Find the character string "FATCA".
The result is in:
PDM: xxxxx, and/or table: xxxxxx, and/or column: xxxxxx and/or domain: xxxxxxx etc.
Has someone an idea?
Is this point a CR?
We use the PD-Version 16.5. Sp03 PL02
kind regards
Reinhard
I'm getting this error when checking in Traceability Links that were created using some API code:
"Traceability Link 'Shortcut of column 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'' (Shortcut of column 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'): Both link extremities should be defined"
I'm creating a link between Physical Data Models importing them from Excel. It doesn't seem to be creating the shortcuts properly.
The Independent SAP Technical User Group (ISUG-TECH) have re-opened the PowerDesigner enhancement forum, which allows you to submit and VOTE FOR enhancements to PowerDesigner. This is the place to submit them if you want your request to be visible, and you want to get other users to back you up. Once voting is closed, I'll be responsible for bundling them up and passing them on to SAP.
Enhancement Requests can be raised at http://my.isug.com/p/is/ty/type=14. You can become a member for free, so basically anyone can raise and view enhancement requests, though you need to be a paid-up member to vote on requests. If you're a member of a local SAP user group, you may already be a member of ISUG.
In this post, I'm going to outline the process for you, and I'll follow up with a more detailed look at the information you need to supply for each new request.
Here's a quick guide to raising an enhancement request.
This diagram summarises the enhancement process for you:
Hello,
I'm curious if anyone knows how to make a join have no label? I have 200+ elements that I need to join (with cardinalities) and don't want the labels visible. I'm VERY new to PowerDesigner, like 1 hour in kind of new, and just can't find any option to hide the labels. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike Lowden
I've got decades of experience with data modeling and process modeling in PD, but EA is new to me.
Getting started, it is a bit daunting. Which diagrams to start with? What are the differences and purposes of each diagram? What are the different symbols and why would I use each one? The PD Help is just as useful as you would expect, much more about which buttons to click on, and much less about why you would do it.
So, I'm trying to understand the tool.
It makes sense to start with the business side, so I do the org chart. This is fun to begin with, but gets cumbersome very quickly. I'm trying to link the people that are associated with the project, but they are scattered across the enterprise. I have lots of org structure gaps. It would be really nice if I could import my organization from SAP or Outlook. Let me specify a starting person and load their structure.
Now, what are you thinking the Organization Unit is? I'm assuming department or work team. I have a symbol to put on the diagram, but it doesn't have a way to reflect who is in the unit. It would be nice to be able to draw a link from the person to the org unit, or something like that. Not intuitive, or I'm missing something.
What about Sites? It would make sense to be able to show the people who are in each site, because I have the metadata showing who is in which site. So, why no site symbol for the org diagram? I'm not sure what to do with that.
Now, getting to Roles, it is cumbersome to assign people to roles. I double-click the person, click the Roles tab, click the New button, click the appropriate checkbox, save that dialog box, then save the person dialog box. That is the only way I could figure out how to do it. Am I missing something? I'd like to see a way to "drag-and-drop" roles to people (from the list of roles dialog box to the person symbol, or to the list of people), or people to roles, or org units to roles, or people to org units. It seems that similar functionality exists elsewhere in the tool, so why not here?
OK, that's enough for my first post. I'm just asking questions and making initial observations here. But, if you know me, you know that I'll keep on digging into the tool. :-)
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 am missing in the setup or options for generation that would make objects be generated in the logical order, i.e. tablespaces before tables, no ojects in the database before dropping the database, etc..
I am running 16.1.0.3917 EBF 18.
DB is DB2 z/OS V10