User, Group, and Role Checks (PDM)

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of users, groups, and roles.

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.
Code maximum length	The code length is limited by the maximum length specified in the DBMS definition (MaxLen entry, in the Objects > User and Group categories). Manual correction: Modify the code length to meet this requirement Automatic correction: Truncates the code length to the maximum length specified in the DBMS definition
Existence of user	[groups, roles] A group is created to factorize privilege and permission granting to users. A group without user members is useless. Manual correction: Add users to group or delete group Automatic correction: Deletes unassigned group
Password empty	[users, groups] Users and groups must have a password to be able to connect to the database. Manual correction: Define a password for the user or group Automatic correction: None