PowerDesigner v15.1 includes new features for the Physical Data Model (PDM).
Sybase IQ 15.0 provides new data placement capabilities and supports hierarchical storage management with relocation of less critical data to cheaper storage. PowerDesigner provides a simple modeling structure to cost effectively manage "aging" of data inside the data center from 1st tier high performance storage for frequently accessed data through 2nd tier near-line storage for data that is infrequently accessed to 3rd tier archive storage for data that must remain available for regulatory audits.
DBMS triggers are now supported for Oracle and MS SQL Server. These triggers are not associated with any table or view, and fire on modifications to the database structure itself, such as the creation or dropping of a table, or events like startup, shutdown, login etc. DBMS triggers can use trigger templates and trigger template items, just like table and view triggers.
The following DBMS versions are added or enhanced: