Chapter 8 Managing Objects
Objects are modeling items that can be identified by their properties.
Objects can be of very heterogeneous types: tables, data items, generalizations or packages are PowerDesigner objects.
Some PowerDesigner objects have a graphical representation called symbol. Objects appear as nodes in the Model Explorer tree view and their symbols can be displayed in the diagram window.
Some PowerDesigner objects are global to the model, for example organization units or resources. Therefore you cannot create internal shortcuts for these objects, only external shortcuts are allowed.
For more information on internal and external shortcuts, see chapter Managing Shortcuts.
You define an object with properties that appear in a property sheet. Most PowerDesigner objects have the following default properties:
By putting significant information in the property fields, you make it possible to identify objects and their role in the model.
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