New Data Model Features v16.5 SP03

PowerDesigner v16.5 SP03 includes new features for the Physical Data Model (PDM).

SAP BusinessObjects Universe Reverse-Engineering

PowerDesigner reverse-engineering SAP BusinessObjects universes to provide a full round-trip solution for modeling your universes.

Documented in:
  • Data Modeling > Building Data Models > Generating and Reverse-Engineering Databases

SAP Business Suite Import Enhancements

PowerDesigner now supports searching the SAP Business Suite application component and package hierarchies to select items to import, and you can now choose to not generate empty packages when generating and exporting a HANA table structure.

Documented in:
  • Data Modeling > DBMS Definition Reference > SAP Business Suite

New or Enhanced DBMS Support

The following DBMS versions are added:
  • SAP HANA® v1.0 SP7
  • SAP® Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise v16
  • Oracle 11gR2 (in the Oracle 11g DBMS definition file) and Oracle 12c
  • Oracle database package Specification tab and round-trip reverse-engineering and generation of the specification.
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 - Column Store Index support
Documented in:
  • Data Modeling > DBMS Definition Reference