PowerDesigner Tips and Tricks (PWD5)

This workshop delivers condensed, practical knowledge gathered from many real projects and environments, focusing on hands-on techniques, uncommon PowerDesigner features and pragmatic workflow tips that are not usually covered by standard training.

We recommend participants bring a laptop with PowerDesigner installed (a trial version is fine) to try edits and examples in their own environment. Hands-on exercises and live adjustments make the workshop more effective, though you may use our training PCs.

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  • PowerDesigner GUI – little-known features
    1. Problems that can be caused by the Save As function
    2. Tips to speed up working with diagrams
    3. Name or Code – which to use?
  • PowerDesigner settings
    1. Hidden settings
    2. Showing hidden objects
    3. What PowerDesigner logs (and where)
    4. Shortcuts and how to manage them
  • Where to find important PowerDesigner information
    1. Types of documentation and their purpose
    2. Recommended reading on modelling in PowerDesigner
    3. Useful PowerDesigner websites
  • Other tips (or things that didn't fit elsewhere)
    1. Useful keyboard shortcuts
    2. Internal model structure
    3. What ObjectID is and why it matters
    4. Importing from Excel into PowerDesigner in a few clicks
  • Troubleshooting common errors/problems
    1. Where to look when a model is behaving badly
    2. Repository broken after upgrade / malfunctioning
    3. PowerDesigner won't start – common license server issues
  • Team collaboration
    1. How to share models
    2. Parallel work and conflict handling
    3. Using a repository even if models are stored elsewhere
  • Generating objects and linking models
    1. Generation links – what they are and why useful
    2. Transformations during model generation
  • PowerDesigner extensions
    1. Pitfalls when developing custom extensions
    2. Simple but handy extensions
    3. Modifying and creating resource files
  • Tips for scripting in PowerDesigner
    1. How to clean a model easily and what that means
    2. Automating PowerDesigner for regular tasks
    3. Scripting with the currently selected diagram objects
Assumed knowledge:
Basic Microsoft Windows skills and basic modelling knowledge (process and ER).
Schedule:
1 day (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )
Course price:
640.00 € ( 774.40 € incl. 21% VAT)
Education Partner:
MIBCON DIMA s.r.o.
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