Deploying Shared Resource Files

You can store PowerDesigner resource files (DBMSs, target languages, and extensions) in the repository and automate their deployment to your team. Resource file sharing helps you to ensure that all your team are using the same DBMS or other target with any appropriate extensions.

Resource files are not shared by default, but once you have chosen which resource files you want to share, checked them into the repository, and put in place policies for sharing, your team will automatically receive updates to their resources each time they open a model. You can also use templates to enforce the use of shared resources when team members create models.

Automatic updates to shared resources can be disabled for individual team members if, for example, they are working on designing extensions to a DBMS, target language, or extension file.

• 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.
• Working with Shared Resources
  For the majority of users, once their PowerDesigner environments are correctly configured, the use of shared resource files is completely automatic and invisible. However, the resource manager and some advanced users who edit resource files will want to disable the automatic updating of resources.