Group Checks

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of groups.

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.

Existence of user

A group must contain at least one user or another group of users.
  • Manual correction: Attach a user or another group to the group, by using the Group Users tab of the group property sheet, or delete the empty group.

  • Automatic correction: None

Circular group definition

One group cannot be at the same time parent and child of another group.
  • Manual correction: Remove a group (parent group) from the Group Users tab of another group (child group) property sheet. The parent group is displayed in the Dependencies tab of the child group property sheet.

  • Automatic correction: None