Chapter 6 Reverse Engineering in an ILM

Reverse engineering into an existing ILM

You can reverse engineer Replication Server or MobiLink objects into an existing ILM to update your current model according to the reversed objects.

You can reverse engineer into an ILM using two database connections:

One for the consolidated database (or source database)
One for the remote database

During the reverse engineering process, each time a database connection is required, the Select a Data Source dialog box opens to allows you to define one.

Besides, if you have not defined the consolidated database or remote database, PowerDesigner creates a default one for you during the reverse engineering process.

There are two ways for reverse engineering Replication Server or MobiLink objects:

Reverse engineer a single replication process using the Reverse Engineering command from its contextual menu
Reverse engineer several replication processes using the Tools→Reverse Engineering Replication Server command that allows you to select the replication processes to reverse engineer