Adding Legacy Models to the Workspace

Your current models can coexist with non-migrated V6 models like Process Analyst Models (PAM) or Warehouse Architect Models (WAM) and also external models like ERwin or Rational Rose.

This feature allows you to keep on working with the non-migrated or external model application together with PowerDesigner within the same workspace.

Right-click the workspace entry in the Browser and select Add from the contextual menu.

or

Drag the model from Windows Explorer, and drop it into the Browser.

or

Extract the model from the Repository (with the Add to workspace option selected and the Open document option deselected).

Each time you add a model to the workspace, PowerDesigner lets you choose for each one of them whether you want to:

Add non-migrated V6 models and external models to the workspace and keep their original format
Open non-migrated V6 models and external models as PowerDesigner models

When you choose to add a model to the workspace and keep its original format, the model opens in its associated application every time you want to open it.

For more information about:

opening a PAM into a CDM, see chapter Working with Conceptual Data Models in the Data Modeling guide.
opening a PAM into a BPM, see chapter Working with Business Process Models in the Business Process Modeling guide.
importing a WAM into a PDM see chapter Working with Physical Data Model in the Data Modeling guide.