Sequence Checks (PDM)

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

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.

Sequence code maximum length

The code of the sequence 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