Group Checks

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of groups.

Check	Description and Correction
Group name and code uniqueness	Group names and codes must be unique in the model. Manual correction: Modify the duplicate name/code Automatic correction: Appends a number to the duplicate name/code
Existence of user	A group must contain at least one user or another group of users. Manual correction: Attach a user or another group to the group, by using the Group Users tab of the group property sheet, or delete the empty group Automatic correction: None
Circular group definition	One group cannot be at the same time parent and child of another group. Manual correction: Remove a group (parent group) from the Group Users tab of another group (child group) property sheet. The parent group is displayed in the Dependencies tab of the child group property sheet Automatic correction: None

Check

Description and Correction

Group name and code uniqueness

Group names and codes must be unique in the model.

Manual correction: Modify the duplicate name/code

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

Existence of user

A group must contain at least one user or another group of users.

Manual correction: Attach a user or another group to the group, by using the Group Users tab of the group property sheet, or delete the empty group

Automatic correction: None

Circular group definition

One group cannot be at the same time parent and child of another group.

Manual correction: Remove a group (parent group) from the Group Users tab of another group (child group) property sheet.

The parent group is displayed in the Dependencies tab of the child group property sheet

Automatic correction: None