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When you install an EBF SAP provides the installation files and these informations files :

EBF23191_Buglist

EBF23191_Filelist

EBF23191_README

After you have installed an EBF the following file is created. This file provide more details on the issues raised by customers and resolved by the EBF.

Example : TCH_1653.4371.txt (PowerDesigner 16.5.3.3 – 4371)

After you have installed a service pack (SP01, SP02, SP03, etc.) SAP update this file

readme.html

Some explanations on the subject

EBF23191_Buglist.txt

In this file you will find a list of fixes for EBF 23191 including all fixes for the SP03 (PL01, PL02, PL03) until old EBF 22251 (First EBF for PL01). See the column EBFID.

For each EBFID you have one or many BUGID with a short description about the problem resolved.

EBFID   BugID    Description

——–   ———   ———————————————

23191   765218   Customer is reverse engineering a script MS

                          SQL Server 2008. In the create index

                          statement, the ‘INCLUDE’ clause contains

                          brackets and spans multiple lines.  PD fails

                          to reverse engineer the columns defined in the

                          INCLUDE because they span multiple lines

                          and\or because of the brackets.  Here is an

                          example of what is being reverse engineered.

                          CREATE INDEX xxSRAxxx ON ABC.xxSRAxxx_INVOICE

                          (         xxRAxxx_SELL_DLR_MKT_C ASC,

                          xxRAxxx_SELL_DLR_C ASC,

                          xxRAxxx_INVOICE_R ASC ) INCLUDE (

                          [xxSRAxxx_INVOICE_D], [xxSRAxxx_INVOICE_K],

                          [xxSRAxxx_INVOICE_FILE_D],

                          [xxSRAxxx_SENDING_MKT_C],

                          [xxSRAxxx_ASSGND_DLR_MKT_C], …..

EBF23191_Filelist.txt

This file say which files are included with this EBF to update your product : Example : PowerDesigner (see .msi), PowerDesigner Viewer, Proxy (see .exe), etc.

File List for EBF 23191

———————–

   The following file(s) are included with this EBF:

           ./PDES1653.4371.PL03(x64).msi

           ./PDES1653.4371.PL03(x64)_Proxy.exe

EBF23191_README.html

This document describe for which release, platform, and product this EBF apply

This EBF is for the following platform:

Windows x86/Windows x64 32-bit
SAP Platform: NT_X64 | Windows on x64 64bit

This EBF is part of this release:

PowerDesigner 16.5 SP03 PL03

This EBF contains updates for the following product(s):

PowerDesigner DataArchitect
PowerDesigner EnterpriseArchitect
PowerDesigner DataArchitect Enterprise
SAP Product/Version: SYBASE POWERDESIGNER 16.5

Finally after you have updated PowerDesigner you can find for each EBF under root Sybase PowerDesigner directory a text file. For “PL03 – PowerAMC 16.5.3 (build string: 16.5.3.4371 PL03)” the file name is : <TCH_1653.4371.txt>

In this file you have three sections :

1) A list of change requests identified by a CR number

     – EBF fixes the following Change Requests (for PL03 – current)

     – The CRs fixed in EBF2 were (for PL02)

     – The CRs fixed in EBF1 were (for PL01)

2) A list of Customer cases related to the Change requests : Customer cases: 11493777, 11767124, 11808906, 11773074, 11788295, 11815084, 11788975, 11800548, 11799558, 11814063, 11801369, 11803365, 11800107, 11798815, 11785973, 11802741, 50005415, 50005411, 11809659, 50501626, 50501638

3) And a list of Full CR Description the problems as reported by the clients :

Example :

Service Pack

After you have installed a Service Pack, if you look in the PowerDesigner Directory for the readme.html file. You can find these comments for 16.5 SP03 released on November 25, 2013. The readme.html file is updated only when a new service pack is released (SP02, SP03, etc.)

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