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Core Features Guide PowerDesigner® 15.1 Windows DOCUMENT ID: DC38093-01-1510-01 LAST REVISED: June 2009 Copyright © 2009 by Sybase, Inc. All rights reserved. This publication pertains to Sybase software and to any subsequent release until otherwise indicated in new editions or technical notes. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The software described herein is furnished under a license agreement, and it may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. To order additional documents, U.S. and Canadian customers should call Customer Fulfillment at (800) 685-8225, fax (617) 229-9845. Customers in other countries with a U.S. license agreement may contact Customer Fulfillment via the above fax number. All other international customers should contact their Sybase subsidiary or local distributor. Upgrades are provided only at regularly scheduled software release dates. 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Sybase, Inc., One Sybase Drive, Dublin, CA 94568 Contents Getting Started with PowerDesigner® ...............................................1 The PowerDesigner Interface .......................................................................1 The Welcome Page ...........................................................................2 The Browser ...................................................................................3 Property Sheets ...............................................................................5 Object Lists ...................................................................................5 Modeling with PowerDesigner ......................................................................6 Linking and Synchronizing Models ..................................................................7 PowerDesigner Documentation .....................................................................8 Creating a Model .....................................................................................9 Attaching Extensions .......................................................................11 PowerDesigner Models and Diagrams ....................................................11 Saving a Model .......................................................................................13 Next Steps ....................................................................................14 PowerDesigner License Management .............................................................15 License Management Wizard ..............................................................15 Obtaining a Mobile License ................................................................17 Returning a Mobile License ................................................................17 Troubleshooting Licensing Problems .....................................................17 Getting Started with the PowerDesigner Plugin for Eclipse ..................................17 Activating the PowerDesigner Perspective ..............................................18 Activating PowerDesigner Toolbars .......................................................18 PowerDesigner Perspective Components ................................................19 Creating a Modeling Project in Eclipse ..................................................19 Creating a Model in Eclipse ................................................................20 Importing an Existing Model into Eclipse ................................................20 Getting Started with the PowerDesigner Plugin for Visual Studio ...........................21 Creating a Modeling Project in Visual Studio ...........................................21 Creating a Model in Visual Studio ........................................................22 The Visual Studio Development Environment ..........................................24 PowerDesigner Menus ......................................................................24 Projects and Frameworks .............................................................27 Creating a Project ..................................................................................27 Building a Project ...................................................................................28 Project Diagrams ............................................................................29 Creating Models in a Project ..............................................................29 Adding Existing Model and File Documents to a Project ..............................30 Converting a Set of Repository Documents into a Project ............................30 Viewing Dependency Links ................................................................31 Rebuilding Dependency Links .............................................................31 Project and Framework Display Preferences ...........................................31 Core Features Guide iii Contents Project Checks ..............................................................................32 Completing Framework Diagrams and Matrices ................................................33 Navigating in Framework Diagrams and Matrices ......................................35 Attaching a Document to a Framework Node or Cell .................................35 Deleting Documents from Framework Nodes and Cells ...............................37 Working with Floating Lists ................................................................37 Working with the Framework Node and Cell Contextual Menu ......................38 Designing Framework Diagrams and Matrices ...................................................38 Creating a Framework Diagram ...........................................................39 Creating a Framework Matrix .............................................................39 Specifying Framework Node and Cell Actions ..........................................40 Styling Framework Nodes and Cells ......................................................49 Project Templates ...................................................................................50 Project and Framework Properties ...............................................................51 Project Properties ..........................................................................51 Model and File Document Properties ....................................................52 Dependency Link Properties ...............................................................52 Framework Matrix Properties .............................................................53 Framework Column and Row Properties .................................................53 Framework Node, Cell and Additional Area Properties ...............................54 Framework Action Properties .............................................................55 Framework Link Properties ................................................................56 Models ....................................................................................57 Organizing Your Models in the Browser ..........................................................57 Workspaces ..................................................................................57 Folders .......................................................................................59 Model Files ...................................................................................59 Packages .....................................................................................63 Connecting to a Database .........................................................................65 Configuring ODBC Machine and File Data Sources .....................................66 Configuring Connection Profiles ..........................................................67 Data Connection Tools .....................................................................70 Connecting to a Data Source ..............................................................71 Running SQL Queries Against Your Database ............................................72 Checking a Model ...................................................................................72 Check Model Parameter Tools .............................................................73 Correcting Errors in the Check Model Result List ......................................74 Checking Generic Objects .................................................................74 Generating from and Reverse Engineering to Models ..........................................76 Extended Generation .......................................................................76 Using the Free Model