PowerDesigner 10 Highlights

With business process modeling capabilities, UML-based object modeling combined with traditional database design and analysis, and a true enterprise repository, PowerDesigner 10 is the all-in-one modeling tool for business-driven applications.

Enterprise Repository:

• Enables multiple analysts and designers to work on the same model at the same time.
• Stores, manages, and versions PowerDesigner models and all other documents.
• Finds and re-uses objects.
• Effectively manages inter-model links.

Core Features:

• Business Process modeling based on a control flow diagram
• Industry-standard Entity/Relationship data modeling techniques (Conceptual and Physical Data Models), includes data warehouse modeling techniques (star schema, snow flakes, multi-dimensional modeling and data source mapping)
• Standard UML use case, activity, sequence, class, and component diagrams.
• Generates the code of popular languages such as Java, PowerBuilder, C++, and Visual Basic from a class diagram.
• Generates DDL for 30+ RDBMS
• EJB 2.0 Support
• Object/Relational mapping
• Defines complex user data types, including Java classes and Java stored procedures residing in the database.
• Reverse engineers database information into Physical and Conceptual Data Models.
• Reverse engineers existing business logic into a class diagram (Java and PowerBuilder).
• Forward and reverse engineers XML applications into a class diagram. Supports XML-DTD, XML-schema, and XML-data.
• Integration with popular Java IDEs and leading J2EE/EJB 2.0 certified application servers
• A state-of-the-art graphical, customizable user interface with:
• Common shell
• Object browser
• Editing area
• Status area
• Improved multi-model management, including synchronization of objects, models, and databases.
• Enhanced, model-independent reporting, allowing multiple model reports in one document.