Power Designer Repository User Guide (i)

Most recently, when modeling, Wait4friend was always asked if there was version control in power Designer. The original method is to perform SVN management of the PDM file, but this method compares the soil, and does not facilitate the comparison of direct graphics. In fact, PD inside the repository can be very convenient version, permission control. And another tool with a similar company. Unlike Oracle Data Modeler, PD uses an RDBMS for metadata storage. Today Wait4friend is just a simple introduction to how to get the version from the repository and generate a more readable Word document.

connected toPower Designer Repositoryget the design diagram andBuildWordDocument

in the Power Designer build a connection to a repository Repository

Menu Repository--Repository Definition ...

Establish ODBC Data Source

User name, server connection address such as

Select the building you just created ODBC , the user password used is as follows

Repository

Login name:viewer This is a user with Read permission only

Login password:111111

Database

User Name:pd_rep

password:123456

Get the most current database design

Repositoy--Connect

in the lower left Repository tab, you can see the existing version-controlled items.

in the Agiliti Right-click on the project to select Check out ...

The latest version is available by default, knowing where to store the path.

lower left local Span style= "line-height:normal; Font-family:; Mso-ascii-font-family: ' Times New Roman '; Mso-hansi-font-family: The ' Times New Roman ' "> tab allows you to view the design drawing. In reports directory can be generated word format the document.

Power Designer Repository User Guide (i)