Data Source Checks (PDM)

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of data sources.

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 physical data model	A data source must contain at least one physical data model in its definition. Manual correction: Add a physical data model from the Models tab of the property sheet of the data source. Automatic correction: Deletes data source without physical data model.
Data source containing models differing DBMS types	The models in a data source should share the same DBMS since they represent a single database. Manual correction: Delete models with different DBMS or modify the DBMS of models in the data source. Automatic correction: None
Unsupported source models	Each lifecycle policy can only manage one external database, so any data sources defined (and the models they reference) must all point to the same database. Manual correction: Remove any data sources pointing to other databases. Automatic correction: None