Deploying an Enterprise Library

An administrator or other user with Write permission on the .Library folder can check models, resource files, and external files such as Word documents or PDFs into the library and have them pushed to repository users. Once one or more documents are added to the library, users connecting to the repository are invited to check them out into the library folder in their local workspace.

1. Select a model or other type of file (such as a Word document or PDF) that you want to deploy to all users, and connect to the repository.
   Note: You cannot check projects into the library. For information about checking resource files into the library, see Sharing Resource Files via the Library)
2. Right-click the document in the Local tab of the Browser and select Check In.
3. Select the Library folder as the destination for your check in and enter an appropriate comment:
   
   
   
4. Click OK to check in the model.

   The document is checked into the library in the repository:

   
   
   

   The next time users connect to the repository (or select Repository > Synchronize Library, they will be invited to check the model out into the library in their local workspace (see Connecting to a Repository).

   Note: Branching (see Branching Version Trees) is not supported for the library.

• Sharing Resource Files via the Library
  You can check DBMS definition files, extension files and other PowerDesigner resource files into the library. Resource files are pushed to repository users in the same way as other repository documents, and appear automatically in the new model dialog, resource file lists, and anywhere in the interface where a resource file can be selected.