Accessing the Metamodel with VB Script

Public name

The name and code of the metamodel objects are the public names of PowerDesigner internal objects.

Examples: AssociationLinkSymbol, ClassMapping, CubeDimensionAssociation

Object collections

You can identify the collections of a class by observing the associations linked to it in the diagram. The role of each association is the name of the collection.

Example: In PdBPM, the Format association connects the classes MessageFormat and MessageFlow. The role of this association is Usedby, which corresponds to the message flow collection of MessageFormat.

Object attributes

You can view the attributes of a class together with the attributes it inherits from other classes via generalization links.

Example: In PdCommon/Objects/Common Instantiable Objects, you can view the attributes of BusinessRule, FileObject, and ExtendedDependency, and also those that they inherit from abstract classes via generalization links.

Object operations

Operations in metamodel classes correspond to object methods used in VBS.

Example: BaseModel contains the operation Compare that is can be used in VB scripting

<<notScriptable>> stereotype

Objects that do not support VB scripting have the <<notScriptable>> stereotype.

Example: RepositoryGroup