Object Checks

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

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.

Isolated object

An object should not be isolated in the model.

  • Manual correction: Create a relationship to or from the object. The relationship can be a message, an instance link, or a dependency or

    Link the object to an object node in the activity diagram

  • Automatic correction: None

Note: the Check Model feature takes the object into account and not the symbol of the object to perform this check; if the object is already associated with an instance link or an object node in your model, the Check Model feature will not return an error message.