PowerDesigner v16.5 includes new core features available for all models.
To allow you time to experiment with the new format and editor, and to migrate your existing reports at your chosen pace, this version of PowerDesigner will continue to support the legacy Report Editor, which is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. This release provides the option to create reports in the new or legacy format, and a simple one-click upgrade is provided to convert existing reports to the new format.
The new Submit permission provides administrators with finer control over changes to repository documents. Users with this permission, which can be set on a repository folder or model, are required to check their changes into a change list to be reviewed by one or more reviewers instead of writing directly to the location. Users with the Write permission can voluntarily check into a change list.
Users can add one or more models or other documents to a change list all at once, or over several check ins. Documents checked into a change list are stored in a special folder in the repository and their contents are not available to other users until they have been approved.
You can now import objects from an XML file by defining mappings between the elements in the XML schema and objects in the PowerDesigner metamodel (and extensions). The import mappings are defined in an extension file, can be shared with all users through the repository library, and are accessed by selecting
.You can now define advanced object generations to generate one or more types of object to any other types of object, with complete control over how all the attributes, compositions (sub-objects), and aggregations (related objects) will be mapped to the generated objects' properties. The generation mappings are defined in an extension file, can be shared with all users through the repository library, and are accessed by selecting
.A new local cache on your workstation is provided to speed up checking models into and out of the repository.
The models listed in the Target Models category of the Browser now display status icons to indicate whether a newer version is available in the Repository.