The PowerDesigner Series provides a complete modeling solution, business or system analyst, designer, database administrator DBA, and developers can cut it to meet their specific needs; and their modular structure is purchased and Extensions provide great flexibility to enable development units to use the tools they need according to their size and scope of their projects. PowerDesigner flexible analysis and design features allow for use of a structured approach to effectively create databases or data warehouses without requiring strict accordance with a specific methodology. PowerDesigner provides an intuitive symbol indicating that the creation of the database is easier and standardizes communication and communication within the project group, while simply demonstrating the design of databases and applications to non-technical personnel. PowerDesigner has not only accelerated the development process, but also provides an effective structure for the management and access item information to end users. It allows designers to not only create and manage data, but also develop and utilize structures to quickly generate application objects and data-sensitive components for the leading development tool environment. Developers can use the same physical data model to view the structure and finishing documentation of the database, and generate the application object and the components used during development. Application object generation helps provide more control and higher productivity throughout the development lifecycle. PowerDesigner is a powerful and easy to use simple toolset, providing a complex interaction environment that supports all phases of the development of life cycles, modeling from processing flow to objects and components. The models and applications generated by PowerDesigner can constantly grow, adapt and change with your organization. PowerDesigner contains six tightly integrated modules that allow members of the individual and development groups to best meet their needs in a cost-effective way. These six modules are: PowerDesigner Processanalyst for data discovery. PowerDesigner DataArchitect, used for double-layer, interactive database design and constructs. PowerDesigner AppModeler, is used for physical modeling and application objects and data sensitive components. PowerDesigner MetaWorks, used for advanced team development, information sharing and model management. PowerDesigner WarehouseArchitect, designed and implemented for data warehouses. PowerDesigner Viewer, used to access the entire company's model information in a read-only, graphical way. The six modules of PowerDesigner are described in detail below: PowerDesigner Processanalyst is used for data analysis or "data discovery". The Processanalyst model is easy to establish and maintain and can be used to ensure smooth communication between all participants in the application development cycle. This tool enables users to describe complex processing models to reflect their database model. By means that these data in the system and the data they exchange, using Processanalyst can describe the data item in a more natural manner. PowerDesigner DataArchitect is used for two layers of conceptual layer and physical layer database design and database constructs. DataArchitect provides conceptual data model design, automatic physical data model generation, non-normalized physical design, database generating, development tool support and high quality document features for multiple database management systems (DBMS) databases. Using its reverse engineering capabilities, designers can get a "blueprint" of a database structure to be used for documentation and maintenance databases or ported to a different DBMS. PowerDesigner AppModeler is used for the design of the physical database and the generation of objects and data sensitive components.
AppModeler allows developers to quickly generate objects and components, including Powerbuilder, Visual Basic, Delphi2.0, and Power to quickly generate objects, including Powerbuilder, Visual Basic, Delphi2.0, and Power , by using those models. In addition, AppModeler can also generate components for creating data-driven Web sites, allowing developers and designers to publish "dynamic" data from one DBMS. In addition, AppModeler generates, maintenance, and documentation generation, maintenance, and documentation for more than 30 DBMS and desktop databases. PowerDesigner MetaWorks has the ability to support advanced teams through the model. This module provides a global hierarchy of all model objects to make sure through the consistency and stability throughout the development cycle. MetaWorks provides instructions definitions for users and groups, and management of access, including model lock security mechanisms. It also contains Metabrowser, a flexible dictionary browser to browse, create and update all models of cross-project and PowerSoft ObjectCycle, a version control system. PowerDesigner WarehouseArchitects are used in the modeling and implementation of data warehouses and data markets. WarehouseArchitect provides support for traditional DBMS and data warehouse specific DBMS platforms, while supporting the maintenance model and high performance index mode. WarehouseArchitect allows users to introduce (reverse engineering) source information from a wide range of running databases. Link tracking between WarehouseArchitect maintenance source and target information for third-party data extraction and query and analysis tools. WarehouseArchitect provides full repository processing support for all major traditional DBMS, such as Sybase, Oracle, Informix, DB2, and data warehouse specific DBMS such as Red Brick Warehouse and ASIQ. PowerDesigner Viewer is used to access modeling and metadata information in read-only, graphical ways. Viewer provides read-only access to all models of PowerDesigner, including processing, concept, physical and warehouse models. In addition, it provides a view of a graphical viewing model information, and Viewer provides a complete report and document feature across all models. PowerDesigner is the most integrated-specific design toolset that creates highly optimized and powerful databases, data warehouses, and data-sensitive components. PowerDesigner6.1 Enhanced Features: 1. Magic model combined with PowerDesigner MetaWork Comparison Manager allows users to compare and merging two data models at the same time. With an intuitive, split window and tree browsing interface, the user can easily identify the difference in the model and correctly control the desired change. If an object exists in a model but not in another model, the user can establish or delete it in the selected model. If an object exists in two models but has different characteristics, the user can merge this difference in the selected model. 2. Generate test data for the latest database or data warehouse to use DataArchitect, WarehouseArchitect, and AppModeler Standard versions, users can assemble database tables directly from a physical model to generate test data. Now the user can pre-configure the optimizer to test your design in advance without entering a data instance. The latest Data generator allows users to establish and save data starting files with associated feature directly to the table columns. It guarantees important and effective data in the table.
