Working with Target Models

Shortcuts and replicas that you create yourself, as well as the shortcuts that PowerDesigner creates automatically when you link or map objects or perform other tasks, all point to objects in other models, which are called target models.

These models are listed in the Browser in the Target Models category with status icons to indicate whether your local copies are the latest available in the repository (see The Browser).

This list of models is also available by selecting Model > Target Models.



You can use the tools on this list to open a target model, view its properties, or change or delete it. For information about all the tools available on this list, see Object Lists.

Note: If you delete a target model from the List of Target Models, you will also delete all the shortcuts that reference it in the present model and transform any replicas that reference it into independent objects. You cannot undo deleting or changing a target model.