Glossary Term Checks

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of glossary terms.

Check

Description and Correction

Glossary term name and code uniqueness

A model cannot contain two glossary terms with same names and/or codes.

Manual correction: Modify the duplicate name/code

Automatic correction: Appends a number to the duplicate name/code

Unused glossary term

A glossary term should be attached to at least one requirement.

Manual correction: Attach the glossary term to a requirement, by using the Related Glossary Terms tab of the requirement property sheet, or delete the glossary term

Automatic correction: None