USER GUIDE | PUBLIC SAP PowerDesigner Document Version: 16.7.00 – 2020-04-03 Core Features Guide SAP PowerDesigner Documentation Collection company. All rights reserved. All rights company. affiliate THE BEST RUN 2020 SAP SE or an SAP SE or an SAP SAP 2020 © Content 1 Modeling with PowerDesigner.................................................. 6 1.1 Getting Started with PowerDesigner................................................6 The Welcome Page......................................................... 7 PowerDesigner Models.......................................................9 Creating a Model ..........................................................12 Accessing the Repository....................................................15 Connecting to a Database....................................................22 Managing Your PowerDesigner License..........................................30 PowerDesigner Documentation................................................33 SAP Platform Support......................................................34 Next Steps..............................................................36 1.2 The Browser................................................................37 The Glossary.............................................................38 The Library..............................................................42 The Repository Browser.....................................................44 Workspaces .............................................................44 Folders .................................................................45 Models.................................................................45 1.3 Projects and Frameworks...................................................... 46 Creating a Project.........................................................48 Adding Model and File Documents to a Project.....................................49 Completing Framework Diagrams and Matrices.................................... 57 Designing Framework Diagrams and Matrices..................................... 65 Project Templates......................................................... 81 Project and Framework Properties..............................................85 1.4 Objects ...................................................................92 Creating Objects from the Toolbox..............................................92 Creating Objects from the Browser.............................................94 Creating Objects from an Object List............................................95 Importing Objects from Excel Files............................................. 95 Importing Objects from XML Files.............................................102 Moving and Copying Objects.................................................103 Deleting Objects......................................................... 106 Object Properties.........................................................107 Object Lists............................................................. 117 Finding Objects..........................................................133 Core Features Guide 2 PUBLIC Content Business Rules...........................................................137 File Objects............................................................. 141 Packages .............................................................. 143 Areas................................................................. 145 Traceability Links.........................................................146 Extended Objects, Sub-Objects, and Links....................................... 147 Checking Models.........................................................148 Naming Conventions...................................................... 155 Spell Checking...........................................................167 Extending Objects........................................................ 167 Applying Transformations to Objects...........................................183 Exporting Objects to Troux Semantics.......................................... 185 1.5 Diagrams, Matrices, and Symbols................................................185 Diagrams ..............................................................185 Dependency Matrices......................................................199 Symbols...............................................................203 Display Preferences.......................................................228 Importing and Exporting Model Graphics........................................240 1.6 The Free Model (FEM)........................................................241 Sketching Objects with the Free Model..........................................241 Creating New Types of Model with the Free Model..................................242 1.7 The Repository.............................................................243 Browsing the Repository....................................................244 Checking Documents into the Repository........................................247 Change Lists............................................................259 Checking Documents Out of the Repository......................................266 Document Versions.......................................................273 Grouping Document Versions in a Configuration...................................278 Branching Version Trees....................................................281 Impact and Lineage Analysis in the Repository....................................290 Finding Objects in the Repository............................................. 292 Comparing Models in the Repository...........................................293 Deleting Documents, Document Versions, and Folders.............................. 295 Repository Web Client.....................................................295 1.8 Reports..................................................................295 Creating a Model Report....................................................296 Creating a List Report..................................................... 303 Creating a MultiModel Report.................................................311 The Report Editor.........................................................312 The Legacy Report Editor...................................................334 Generating a Model Report..................................................356 Core Features Guide Content PUBLIC 3 Report Templates.........................................................357 Report Properties........................................................ 358 1.9 Comparing and Merging Models.................................................366 Comparing Models....................................................... 366 Merging Models..........................................................369 Excluding Objects and Properties from a Compare or Merge...........................373 Filtering Objects and Changes During a Compare or Merge........................... 375 Repairing or Breaking Links Between Objects.....................................376 Previewing, Printing, and Saving Comparison Results............................... 377 1.10 Customizing Your Modeling Environment..........................................380 User Profiles............................................................ 381 General Options......................................................... 388 Organizing Views ........................................................ 402 Organizing Toolbars.......................................................404 Customizing Menus, Toolbars, and Toolboxes.....................................405 PowerDesigner Resource Files............................................... 408 Shortcut Keys...........................................................416 2 Linking and Synchronizing Models.............................................420 2.1 Getting Started with Linking and Syncing..........................................420 Creating Links Between Models...............................................422 Viewing Links Between Models...............................................422 2.2 Generating Models and Model Objects............................................423 Generating Models........................................................424 Generating Model Objects.................................................. 435 The Generation Links Viewer.................................................439 Using Impact Analysis with Generated Models.................................... 441 2.3 Shortcuts and Replicas.......................................................443 Creating Shortcuts....................................................... 446 Creating Replicas.........................................................451 Synchronizing Shortcuts and Replicas..........................................458 Viewing Shortcut and Replica Dependencies..................................... 459 Working with Target Models.................................................460 Generating Shortcuts and Replicas............................................ 461 2.4 Object Mappings........................................................... 463 Creating a Data Source.................................................... 466 The Mapping Editor.......................................................468 Creating Mappings from an Object's Property Sheet................................482 Object and Sub-Object Mapping Properties......................................485 Metamodel Mapping Properties.............................................