Component Instance Checks

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of component instances.

Check

Description and Correction

Component instance name and code uniqueness

Component instance names and codes must be unique in the namespace (model or package).

Manual correction: Modify the duplicate name/code

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

Component instance without component

An instance of a component has been created but no component is attached. You must attach it to a component.

Manual correction: Attach an existing component to the component instance, or create a component from the Create tool in the property sheet of the component instance

Automatic correction: None

Duplicate component instances

Several instances of the same component exist in the same node.

Manual correction: Delete the duplicate component instance or attach it to the right component

Automatic correction: None

Isolated component instance

A component instance should not be created outside of a node. It will not be deployed.

Manual correction: Attach it to a node

Automatic correction: None