User Guide PUBLIC SAP PowerDesigner Document Version: 16.6.6 – 2018-03-23 Core Features Guide SAP PowerDesigner Documentation Collection Content 1 Modeling with PowerDesigner.....................................................7 1.1 Getting Started with PowerDesigner..................................................7 The Welcome Page............................................................8 PowerDesigner Models........................................................ 10 Creating a Model ............................................................ 12 Accessing the Repository.......................................................16 Connecting to a Database......................................................23 Managing Your PowerDesigner License.............................................31 PowerDesigner Documentation..................................................34 SAP Platform Support.........................................................35 Next Steps.................................................................37 1.2 The Browser..................................................................38 The Glossary...............................................................39 The Library................................................................ 43 The Repository Browser....................................................... 45 Workspaces ................................................................45 Folders ...................................................................46 Models................................................................... 46 1.3 Projects and Frameworks.........................................................47 Creating a Project............................................................49 Adding Model and File Documents to a Project....................................... 50 Completing Framework Diagrams and Matrices.......................................58 Designing Framework Diagrams and Matrices........................................65 Project Templates............................................................82 Project and Framework Properties................................................86 1.4 Objects .....................................................................93 Creating Objects from the Toolbox................................................93 Creating Objects from the Browser................................................95 Creating Objects from an Object List.............................................. 95 Importing Objects from Excel Files................................................96 Importing Objects from XML Files................................................102 Moving and Copying Objects................................................... 103 Deleting Objects............................................................106 Object Properties........................................................... 107 Object Lists................................................................118 Finding Objects.............................................................134 Core Features Guide 2 PUBLIC Content Business Rules.............................................................139 File Objects................................................................142 Packages .................................................................144 Areas....................................................................145 Traceability Links............................................................146 Extended Objects, Sub-Objects, and Links..........................................147 Checking Models............................................................149 Naming Conventions.........................................................155 Spell Checking............................................................. 167 Extending Objects...........................................................167 Applying Transformations to Objects..............................................183 Exporting Objects to Troux Semantics.............................................184 1.5 Diagrams, Matrices, and Symbols..................................................185 Diagrams .................................................................185 Dependency Matrices........................................................198 Symbols................................................................. 202 Display Preferences..........................................................227 Importing and Exporting Model Graphics.......................................... 239 1.6 The Free Model (FEM)..........................................................240 Sketching Objects with the Free Model............................................240 Creating New Types of Model with the Free Model.....................................241 1.7 The Repository............................................................... 242 Browsing the Repository......................................................243 Checking Documents into the Repository..........................................246 Change Lists.............................................................. 258 Checking Documents Out of the Repository........................................ 265 Document Versions..........................................................272 Grouping Document Versions in a Configuration......................................277 Branching Version Trees......................................................280 Impact and Lineage Analysis in the Repository.......................................289 Finding Objects in the Repository................................................291 Comparing Models in the Repository............................................. 292 Deleting Documents, Document Versions, and Folders.................................294 Repository Web Clients.......................................................294 1.8 Reports.....................................................................324 Creating a Model Report......................................................324 Creating a List Report........................................................ 331 Creating a MultiModel Report...................................................339 The Report Editor...........................................................340 The Legacy Report Editor......................................................363 Generating a Model Report.................................................... 385 Core Features Guide Content PUBLIC 3 Report Templates...........................................................386 Report Properties...........................................................387 1.9 Comparing and Merging Models...................................................395 Comparing Models..........................................................395 Merging Models............................................................399 Excluding Objects and Properties from a Compare or Merge.............................403 Filtering Objects and Changes During a Compare or Merge..............................405 Repairing or Breaking Links Between Objects.......................................406 Previewing, Printing, and Saving Comparison Results..................................407 1.10 The PowerDesigner Plugin for Eclipse................................................410 Activating the PowerDesigner Perspective..........................................411 Creating a Modeling Project in Eclipse.............................................413 Creating a Model in Eclipse.....................................................414 Importing an Existing Model into Eclipse...........................................415 Generating an Eclipse Java Project from an OOM.....................................415 Synchronizing an OOM with Its Java Source.........................................416 1.11 Customizing Your Modeling Environment.............................................422 User Profiles...............................................................422 General Options............................................................429 Organizing Views ...........................................................443 Organizing Toolbars......................................................... 445 Customizing Menus, Toolbars, and Toolboxes....................................... 446 PowerDesigner Resource Files..................................................449 Shortcut Keys..............................................................457 2 Linking and Synchronizing Models................................................461 2.1 Getting Started with Linking and Syncing.............................................461 Creating Links Between Models.................................................463 Viewing Links Between Models..................................................464 2.2 Generating Models and Model Objects...............................................464 Generating Models..........................................................465 Generating Model Objects.....................................................476 The Generation Links Viewer...................................................480 Using Impact Analysis with Generated Models.......................................482 2.3 Shortcuts and Replicas......................................................... 484 Creating Shortcuts..........................................................487 Creating Replicas...........................................................492 Synchronizing Shortcuts