Package Checks

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

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.

List of missing terms in object names/codes in package

[if glossary enabled] This special check lists all the terms that are used in the names or codes of all the objects contained in the model or package.
  • Manual correction - An administrator with write permission on the glossary can double-click the line for this check in the Result List to open a merge window in which you can select to add some or all of these missing terms, as appropriate, to the glossary.
  • Automatic correction - None.