Customizing the New Model Dialog

A model category set is a PowerDesigner resource file that contains one or more categories, which in turn contain templates to guide users through model creation in the New Model dialog. Using categories and templates for model creation simplifies the model creation process by preselecting appropriate targets, extensions, and diagrams, and by hiding irrelevant choices from users.

To view the list of model category sets, select Tools > Resources > Model Category Sets. For information about the tools available in resource file lists, see PowerDesigner Resource Files.

You can deploy model category sets to users (see Sharing Resource Files via the Library) to ensure that everyone on your team is creating models using the same centralized targets and extensions checked out automatically from the repository. You can create different category sets for different users so that, for example, data architects will have different choices from business analysts when they open the New Model dialog.

In the following example, the Information category is selected and provides eight templates to choose from:

• Selecting a Model Category Set to Display in the New Model Dialog
  The model category set you select in the Model Creation general options will be displayed in the New Model window.
• Creating a Model Category Set
  You can create as many different model category sets as you need, creating different sets for different types of users, for example.
• Pushing Model Category Sets to Users
  You can deploy your model category sets to the library to make them available to other users.