The Repository

The PowerDesigner repository is a tool for storing and sharing versioned models and other files used in your modeling process. It provides robust, granular security, and supports full access from within PowerDesigner and viewing and some administration via a Web browser.

• Browsing the Repository
  The Repository tab of the Browser displays the contents of the repository.
• Checking Documents into the Repository
  You check documents into the repository to share them with others. You must have at least the Submit permission on a document (or on one of its packages) to be able to check it into a change list for approval or at least the Write permission to make changes directly to the repository version.
• Change Lists
  Users with the Submit permission on a repository folder or model cannot write directly to that location, but must instead check their changes into a change list, to be reviewed by one or more reviewers. You can add one or more models or other documents to a change list all at once or over several check ins. Documents checked into a change list are stored in a special folder in the repository and their contents are not available to other users until they have been approved and integrated into the mainline.
• Checking Documents Out of the Repository
  You check out documents from the Repository in order to work on them in your local workspace. You must have at least the Read permission on a document (or on one of its packages) to be able to check it out.
• Document Versions
  The repository provides version tracking for changes made to documents. Details of the current version of the document are displayed on the Version Info tab of its repository object property sheet, and all the previous versions including versions on other branches appear as a tree on the Versions tab.
• Grouping Document Versions in a Configuration
  A configuration is a container for grouping a set of repository documents versions together to mark a particular point in a project, such as a release or other project milestone. You must have the Manage Configurations right to create configurations.
• Branching Version Trees
  Users with the Manage Branches right can create branches in the repository to support concurrent development of multiple versions of documents. Standard permissions control read and write access to individual branches (including integrating changes made in one branch into another).
• Impact and Lineage Analysis in the Repository
  You can analyze the impact of a change to an object (impact analysis) and identify the objects that take part in the definition of the object (lineage analysis) on any model object in the repository by right-clicking it in the Repository tab of the Browser and selecting Impact and Lineage Analysis.
• Finding Objects in the Repository
  You can search for PowerDesigner model objects in the repository. You do not need special user rights and the List permission is sufficient for searching.
• Comparing Models in the Repository
  You can compare two PowerDesigner models to obtain a detailed list of the differences between them. You can compare two versions of the same repository model, two different repository models, or one repository model and one local model.
• Deleting Documents and Document Versions
  If you have the Full permission on a document, you can delete the most recent version of the document or delete the document (and all its versions in all branches). Deleting a document version allows you to go back to a previously frozen state.