Checking Rule Sets into the Repository

When an administrator creates or upgrades the repository, default rules sets are checked into the Library folder at the root of the repository to enable impact and lineage analyses in the Repository tab of the Browser. To use other rule sets to perform analyses in the repository, you must check them in manually.

Note: If you have stored customized rule sets delivered with a previous version of PowerDesigner in the repository, they cannot be used for repository analyses until you have upgraded them by re-checking them into the latest version of the repository. For general information about updating resource files, see Installation Guide > Planning Your PowerDesigner Installation > Upgrading PowerDesigner.
  1. Select Tools > Resources > Impact and Lineage Analysis Rule Sets and create your custom rule set (see Creating an Analysis Rule Set).
  2. Select the rule set in the list and click the Check In tool.
  3. In the Check In Document dialog (see Check-In Parameters), select the Folder to which you want to check in the rule set.

    You can check rule sets into any folder for which you have write permission. For example, you might want to create custom rule sets for a particular project and check them into that project's folder.

  4. Click OK to complete the check in.

    The rule set is now available for use in the repository. If you have checked your rule set into a folder that did not previously contain rule sets, you must use the Select Path tool to make your rule set available in the analysis dialog (see Impact and Lineage Analysis in the Repository).

    Note: All impact and lineage analyses launched from your local workspace, even those that use the repository, are performed with your local rule sets.