Conversation Node Checks

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of conversation nodes.

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.

Inconsistent participants with parent node

A sub-node must not be attached to participants that are not attached to its parent node.

  • Manual correction: Change the participants on the child node to those of the parent node.

  • Automatic correction: Changes the participants on the child node to those of the parent node.

Correlation key missing

Each conversation node must have a correlation key specified.

  • Manual correction: Specify a correlation key in the conversation node property sheet.

  • Automatic correction: None