Inheritance Checks (CDM/LDM)

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

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.
Existence of inheritance link	An inheritance must have at least one inheritance link, from the inheritance to the parent entity. Manual correction: Define the inheritance link or delete the inheritance. Automatic correction: None.
Incomplete inheritance with ungenerated ancestor	[LDM only] If an inheritance is incomplete, the parent should be generated because you can lose information. Manual correction: Generate parent entity or define the inheritance as complete. Automatic correction: None.