Dimension Hierarchy Checks (PDM)

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of dimension hierarchies.

Check

Description and Correction

Dimension hierarchy name and code uniqueness

Dimension hierarchy 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 attribute

A dimension hierarchy must have at least one attribute.

Manual correction: Add an attribute to the hierarchy from the Attributes tab of the hierarchy property sheet

Automatic correction: None