Preparing to Share Resources in the Repository

No resource files are shared by default. The resource manager must decide which resources to share (generally those DBMSs, languages, and extensions with which the team works or those that have been modified for your development), and set up her machine as a template for the environment that will be deployed to all client machines.

• Creating Named Paths to Locate Shared Resources
  Models that refer to shared resources must know where to locate them. The resource manager must create named paths to point to a standard folder outside of your PowerDesigner installation (and, preferably, one which will be available and writeable on all client machines) to which all shared resources will be deployed.
• Selecting and Preparing Resources to Share
  The resource manager selects the resource files to share and places them in appropriate folders in preparation for checking them into the repository.
• Checking Resources to Share into the Repository
  The resource manager must check the selected resource files into the repository in order to make them available to the team as shared resources.
• Making Shared Resources Available in the New Model Dialog
  Once you have set your named paths, grouped your resources to share into the external folders, and pointed your resource lists to them, you can create model creation categories and model templates to enforce the use of these shared resources for model creation.
• Creating a User Profile to Enable Resource Sharing
  The resource manager creates a user profile to deploy the settings required to push shared resources to her team. New users will select this user profile when installing PowerDesigner. Existing users will check this user profile out of the repository and apply it.
• Communicating Resource Sharing Policies to Your Users
  When the resource manager has set up the environment to share resources, she must communicate the appropriate sharing policies to her team.