PowerDesigner is a leading tool for modeling and managing metadata, designed to create data models, information architecture and enterprise architecture. PowerDesigner gives the company the power of analysis of relationships (technology impact analysis), the ability to manage changes during the design phase and the technique of managing metadata.


Benefits
* Increase productivity through collaboration between business and IT
* Open support for various heterogeneous environments
* Extensive customization options that allow you to support different standards and set up communication with the external environment.
* Promotes the creation of an enterprise architecture model through the ability to document
* Increases the level of business maneuverability due to the availability of Link & Sync technologies and analysis of relationships (impact analysis)

Key features of PowerDesigner
PowerDesigner supports the following modeling technologies
* Data Modeling: A conceptual, logical and physical data model, and an extension for data warehouse design, based on the IE (Information Engineering) methodology or the IDEF 1 / x notation.
* Application modeling: All UML diagrams and management of the implementation of persistent objects due to the extended ability to describe the OR-mapping (Object / Relational mapping). Techniques of modeling using XML and the connection of such models with UML and data models.
* Modeling of business processes: Business process description diagrams, intuitive to non-technical users, modeling of the execution language of business processes with support for notations BPEL4WS and ebXML.
* Modeling Enterprise Architecture: Modeling Enterprise Architecture, - from business objectives to implementation, using unique connection and synchronization technology (Link and Synch). This allows you to get rid of unnecessary information and provides a transparent description, which increases the competitiveness of business, increasing the speed of response to changes in the economy, technology and legislation.
PowerDesigner models are fully integrated: using unique Link and Synch technology, PowerDesigner integrates metadata between all types of models.
Each user has his own modeling technique. Those who are engaged in modeling and data analysis, as well as architects and developers, will be able to focus on the ability to manage metadata with a focus on technology. IT-managers and non-technical personnel will benefit from techniques that are oriented toward business modeling. In doing so, all of this is integrated into a common and easy-to-use environment.
The PowerDesigner repository is a full-fledged repository of information deployed on your chosen database. The repository is scalable and has a user-friendly interface for users working remotely. Provides the following features: role access to models and submodels, version control, configuration management, model consolidation, reports on changes between models and versions, full-scale search throughout the repository.
Open support for all major platforms: More than 60 DBMSs, leading application development platforms such as Java J2EE, Microsoft .NET, Web Services and PowerBuilder, as well as process execution languages ​​such as ebXML and BPEL4WS.

Customization options: PowerDesigner offers full support for MDA scripts, UML profiles, automation of standard tasks by supporting scripting languages ​​and fully customizable generation of DDL and code, using templates and the presence of a code generator with support for scripts.


Year of manufacture: 2017
Version: 16.6.4.3 (5517)
Developer: Sybase
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 \ XP SP1Vista \ Server 2003 \ Server 2008 \ Seven
Compatibility with Vista: complete
Interface language: English only
Tabletka: Present


What’s new in 16.6?

PowerDesigner Desktop Client
Business Process Modeling
Enhanced Solution Manager 7.1 support, ease alignment with BPMN2
Data Support Enhancement
Data Modeling
SAP HANA Calculation Views
SAP HANA Core Data Services (CDS)
Others
Reworked tool box for relationship tools
Prefix-suffix in model generation
Enable Procedure with same name and different signature
General
Unplug name and code synchronization
Property Sheet Notes Tab becomes Definition
Manage Users repository privileges becomes Manage Users & Permissions
Improved Object Sorting in browser and menus


PowerDesigner Web
Enterprise Architecture Model – creation and editing
Requirements Model – creation and editing
Search and reuse
Impact Analysis
Customizable Diagram Reports
Translatable Diagrams
Simplified Diagram Creation
Repository Explorer Enhancements
Move models
Delete folders and models, delete versions
Rename folders and models
External documents support
Administration Enhancements
New list of locks, activities, and change lists
Test connection to database, license and LDAP servers
Enhanced user list


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