PowerDesigner provides an array of tools to allow you to view and analyze the links created between your models.
Some or all of the following tools are available to you to view, analyze and edit the links between your models:
- Project Diagram - provides a high-level read-only view of the links between the models in your project (see Project Diagrams).
- Dependency Matrix - provides an editable view of all the links between the two object types that you specify in the matrix definition (see Dependency Matrices).
- Generation Links Viewer - provides a read-only view of all the model or object generation links between the present model and any models it is associated through generation (see The Generation Links Viewer).
- Mapping Editor - provides an editable view of all the mappings between the present model and any models it is associated with through mappings (see Creating Mappings from the Mapping Editor).
- Multi-Model Report - provides a configurable report in HTML or RTF format documenting your models and the links between them (see Creating a Multi-Model Report).
- Impact and Lineage Analysis - provides a configurable analysis of the objects that impact and/or are impacted by the selected objects (see Impact and Lineage Analysis).
- Object Lists - can include shortcuts to objects of the selected type if the Include Shortcuts tool is selected (see Object Lists).
- Object property sheets (see Object Properties) - provide information on various forms of links on the following tabs:
- Related Diagrams
- Extended Dependencies
- Mappings - where available
- Requirements - if enabled (see Requirements Tab)
- Dependencies - lists the objects that depend on the object (see Dependencies Tab)