Quick Launch Selection and Settings Sets

The Quick Launch groupbox at the bottom of the Database Generation dialog General tab allows you to load pre-configured selections and settings sets for use when generating the database.

Selection - the ensemble of selections of database objects made on the Selection tab. To save a selection, enter a name in the Selection bar at the bottom of the Selection tab and then click the Save tool. The selection is saved as part of the model file.

Settings Set - the ensemble of generation options (see Database Generation Dialog Options Tab) and format options (see Database Generation Dialog Format Tab)

To save a settings set, enter a name in the Settings set bar at the bottom of the Options or Format tab and then click the Save tool, specify whether you want to save the settings set inside the model or as an external file, and click OK.

To review your settings sets, click the Settings Set Manager tool to the right of the field on the Options or Format tab:

The following tools are available:

Icon	Use
	Browse to the settings set directory.
	Delete the selected settings set. Only available when an internally-saved settings set is selected. You can only delete a settings set saved to an external file through Windows Explorer.
	Export the selected settings sets to an external file. Only available when an internally-saved settings set is selected.
	Import the selected settings sets to inside the model. Only available when an externally-saved settings set is selected.

Note: Settings sets should not be copied and renamed outside of PowerDesigner. If you want to create a variant of an existing settings set, then you should load it, make the necessary changes, and then save it under a different name.