PowerDesigner can reverse-engineer a SAP® BusinessObjects™ universe to a PDM for analysis and editing.
For information about generating universes, see Generating an SAP BusinessObjects Universe.
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To reverse-engineer the universe and create a new PDM, select File Reverse Engineer SAP BusinessObjects Universe to open the New Physical Data Model dialog. Specify a model name, choose a DBMS from the list, and then click OK.
Option | Description |
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Reverse universe business layer |
Deselect this option to reverse only the data foundation
to produce a physical diagram. If this option is
selected, you can select the following:
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Enrich data foundation from source database |
Reverse-engineers the tables, indexes and references that are selected in the data foundation from its associated database in order to obtain more information such as physical data type, additional columns, missing references, and physical options, to augment the information contained in the universe. Selecting this option will open a database connection dialog to allow you to connect to the database. |
Show Merge Dialog |
[when reversing into an existing PDM] Specifies to display the Merge dialog even if there are no conflicts between the model and the server. By default the Merge dialog is displayed only if one or more objects contains conflicting changes on the BusinessObjects server and in the model. |