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You can generate CDM objects to other model objects.

CDM

OOM

PDM

Entity

Class - All entities with the Generate property selected are generated as persistent classes with the Generate table persistence mode. If an entity's Generate property is not selected, the generated class has the Migrate columns persistence mode.

Table - If the entity is involved in an inheritance, the inheritance Generation Mode setting (see Inheritance Properties) affects whether parents and children are generated.

Entity attribute

Attribute

Table column

Note

Two columns in the same table cannot have the same name. If column names conflict due to foreign key migration, PowerDesigner automatically renames the migrated columns to the first three letters of the original entity name followed by the code of the attribute.

Primary identifier

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Primary or foreign key depending on independent or dependent relationship

Identifier

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Alternate key

Association

Relationship or association

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Binary association with attributes

Association class

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Inheritance

Generalization

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Relationship

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Reference

In this section:
    Generating PDM Table Keys from CDM Entity Identifiers
    The type of key that is generated in the PDM depends on the cardinality and type of dependency defined for a relationship in the CDM. Primary identifiers generate primary and foreign keys. Other identifiers that are not primary identifiers generate alternate keys: