Article, Article Column, and Procedure Checks

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of articles, article columns, and procedures.

Check	Description and Correction
Name/Code contains terms not in glossary	[if glossary enabled] Names and codes must contain only approved terms drawn from the glossary. Manual correction - Modify the name or code to contain only glossary terms. Automatic correction - None.
Name/Code contains synonyms of glossary terms	[if glossary enabled] Names and codes must not contain synonyms of glossary terms. Manual correction - Modify the name or code to contain only glossary terms. Automatic correction - Replaces synonyms with their associated glossary terms.
Name/Code uniqueness	Object names must be unique in the namespace. Manual correction - Modify the duplicate name or code. Automatic correction - Appends a number to the duplicate name or code.
Code maximum length / Article source table maximum length / Article remote table maximum length	The code length is limited by the maximum length specified in the XEM definition (Settings > `object` > CodeMaxLen) and in the naming conventions of the model options. Manual correction: Modify the code length to meet this requirement Automatic correction: Truncates the code length to the maximum length specified in the XEM definition
Undefined source	An article must be linked to a table or a view, an article column to a table or view column, and a procedure to a stored procedure. Manual correction: Specify the appropriate source table, column, or procedure on the General tab of the property sheet. Automatic correction: None