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

Undefined reference

A group without a name or a code must have a reference.

Manual correction: In the group property sheet, define a reference with the Reference list or the Browse tool

Automatic correction: None

Existence of group particle

A group must contain elements, groups, group particles and/or Any.

Manual correction: Add items to group or delete group

Automatic correction: None

Invalid cardinality

[only available for model targeted with XDR] You should define a minimum (0 or 1) and a maximum cardinality (1 or unbounded) for a group particle occurrence.

Manual correction: Double-click the group particle symbol and type a value for Minimum (0 or 1) and Maximum (1 or unbounded) properties

Automatic correction: None