SAP PowerDesigner allows you to manage changes at the design stage, offers a metadata management technique and contains a unique model relationship analysis technology. While supporting leading modelling techniques, PowerDesigner also allows you to work with models of any type in a single, integrated environment, and PowerDesigner's metadata repository helps to establish interaction between all stakeholders of the company, which ensures a faster response to changes in the existing business environment.

Modelling technologies

Data modelling
Conceptual, logical and physical data models and extensions for data warehouse design based on IE (Information Engineering) methodology or IDEF 1/x notation
Application modelling
All UML diagrams and management of the implementation of persistent objects due to the extended possibility of describing OR-mappings (Object-Relational mapping). Modelling techniques using XML and the relationship of such models to UML and data models
Business processes modelling
Business process description diagrams intuitive to non-technical users, business process execution language modelling with support for BPEL4WS and ebXML notations
Enterprise architecture modelling
Modelling the enterprise architecture – from business goals to implementation – using a unique technology of connection and synchronization (Link and Synch). This allows you to get rid of redundant information and provides transparency of the description, which increases business competitiveness by increasing the speed of response to changes in the economy, technology and legislation

Features and benefits

Models for PowerDesigner are fully integrated
Using unique Link and Synch technology, PowerDesigner integrates metadata between all types of models
Each user has his own modelling technique
Those involved in modelling and data analysis, as well as architects and developers, will be able to focus on the ability to manage metadata with a technology focus. IT managers and non-technical staff will benefit from techniques focused on business modelling. At the same time, all this is integrated in a common and easy-to-use environment
PowerDesigner repository
A full-fledged information storage deployed on a selected database. The repository is scalable and has a friendly interface for remote users. Provides the following features: role-based access to models and sub-models, version control, configuration management, merging models, change reports between models and versions, full repository search
Open support for all major platforms
More than 60 DBMS, leading application development platforms such as Java J2EE, Microsoft .NET, Web Services and PowerBuilder, as well as process execution languages such as ebXML and BPEL4WS
Customization options
PowerDesigner offers full support for MDA scripts, UML profiles, automation of standard tasks through support for scripting languages, and fully customizable DDL and code generation through the use of templates and a script-enabled code generator