Chapter 6 Generating and Reverse Engineering Replication Objects

Reverse Engineering Replication Objects

You can reverse engineer Replication Server or MobiLink objects from the embedded Replication Server database (RDSS) via a database connection to create or update them in your ILM.

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.

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