Until v15.0 you could use the ILM to display groups of models and the generation and mapping links between them. Now PowerDesigner projects are used to organize your models and project diagrams provide improved visibility for the interconnections between your models.
The following objects are no longer available in the Information Liquidity Model (ILM):
- Conceptual data – container for conceptual data models.
- Data access application – container for object-oriented models.
- Data access link – relationship that documents the way data are mapped between model containers.
- Generation link – relationship that documents generation dependencies between model containers.
In the following example, a deprecated ILM shows how a CDM, a PDM, and an OOM are linked by generation and data access links:
PowerDesigner projects enable you to:
- Gather together and display in a diagram any types of PowerDesigner models and other files.
- Display different types of link, such as shortcuts, references, traceability links and so on.
- Benefit from the automatic update of links.
- Check in and out all the models and other files contained within the project from the repository in one operation.
For detailed information about projects, see
Chapter 2, Projects and Frameworks in the Core Features Guide
.