PowerDesigner supports the following modeling techniques

• Data Modeling: PowerDesigner supports Conceptual, Logical and Physical Data models, including Warehouse Modeling extensions, based on Information Engineering or IDEF 1/x notation
• Application Modeling: PowerDesigner supports all UML diagrams and offers advanced object/relational mapping for persistence implementation management. PowerDesigner also supports XML-specific modeling techniques linked to UML and Data models
• Business Process Modeling: PowerDesigner supports intuitive, non-technical business process description and definition diagrams as well as process execution language modeling for BPEL4WS and ebXML.

PowerDesigner models are fully integrated: using PowerDesigner’s Link and Synch technologies. PowerDesigner Models integrate meta-data across all model types.

PowerDesigner offers specific modeling techniques for specific individuals. DBAs and developers can take advantage of technology-centric meta-data management capabilities while IT managers and non-technical folks can benefit from business-centric techniques: all integrated into one common, easy to use, framework.

PowerDesigner’s Enterprise Repository is a fully integrated design-time repository, hosted by your choice of relational database. PowerDesigner’s highly scalable, remote-user friendly Enterprise Repository offers capabilities like: Role-based security on models and sub-models, version control and configuration management, merge, delta reports between models and versions, and comprehensive full repository search capabilities.

Open support for all major development platforms: supporting 60+ RDBMS, leading application development platforms like Java J2EE, Microsoft .NET, Web Services and PowerBuilder, and process execution languages like ebXML and BPEL4WS.

Customizable: PowerDesigner offers fully scriptable MDA support, advanced support for UML profiles, common task automation through scripting languages and fully customizable DDL or code generation through templates and scriptable code generators.