City Planning Diagram Objects

PowerDesigner supports all the objects necessary to build city planning diagrams.

Object

Tool

Symbol

Description

Architecture Area



An abstract container object. See Architecture Areas (EAM).

System



A group of applications, services or sub-sytems. See Systems, Applications, and Databases (EAM).

Application



A computer program. See Systems, Applications, and Databases (EAM).

Database



A database. See Systems, Applications, and Databases (EAM).

Business Function



An aggregation of processes and/or sub-functions. See Business Functions (EAM).

Note:

Most EAM objects can be displayed as icons or as boxes that can display additional properties and sub-objects. You can toggle between the Icon and Detail modes via the contextual menu, or by pressing CTRL+Q. You can control the default mode, and the information displayed in each mode through the options available by selecting Tools > Display Preferences.