Database Checks (PDM)

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of databases.

Check	Description and Correction
Name/Code contains terms not in glossary	[if glossary enabled] Names and codes must contain only approved terms drawn from the glossary. Manual correction - Modify the name or code to contain only glossary terms. Automatic correction - None.
Name/Code contains synonyms of glossary terms	[if glossary enabled] Names and codes must not contain synonyms of glossary terms. Manual correction - Modify the name or code to contain only glossary terms. Automatic correction - Replaces synonyms with their associated glossary terms.
Name/Code uniqueness	Object names must be unique in the namespace. Manual correction - Modify the duplicate name or code. Automatic correction - Appends a number to the duplicate name or code.
Database code maximum length	The code of the database is longer than the maximum allowed by the DBMS. Manual correction: Reduce the length of the code Automatic correction: Reduces the code to a permissible length
Database not used	The database you have created is not used in the model. Manual correction: Delete the database or apply the database as a physical option to a table, an index, a key, a column, a storage, a tablespace or a view (Options tab of the object property sheet) Automatic correction: None