Product Information
PowerDesigner 16.6 is now available!
March is upon us, winter is coming to an end, and PowerDesigner 16.6 is now available! But before you go rushing out to download your copy to be the first customer to test it out, please take a few minutes to read through this official release from the PDNN (PowerDesigner News Network). I promise it’s worth your while, unlike assembly directions for IKEA furniture. I’ve also attached the Release Notes for your reading pleasure.
Installation
The download file is located under the Installation and Upgrades at the SAP Support Portal. There is only one download that includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit installations, which is why the zip file is over 3GB! While the single large file is provided for ease of use, it comes at the price of it’s length. Make sure you’re on a fast connection or start the download, go take a walk, have some lunch or enjoy a nice night’s sleep. It will be there in the morning.
Along with the client installs, the zip file also includes the following installations:
PowerDesigner Proxy 32-bit and 64-bit
SYSAM 2.3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
PowerDesigner Portal
SAP SQL Anywhere 16
Note: As always, if you upgrade the Client, you must also upgrade the Proxy and Portal to the same version.
It should also be noted that even though this is an installation, it cannot be installed alongside a previous version of PowerDesigner 16.x. For example, if you are currently using 16.5 SP05 PL04, you will get the following message stating that the setup will update your version to 16.6.
Do I need to generate a new license file for 16.6?
Nope! PowerDesigner 16.6 can use the same license file as PowerDesigner 16.5. If you are upgrading from a previous version, you may optionally regenerate your PowerDesigner license keys at SAP Service Marketplace (SMP).
With that out of the way, let’s move on to the fun stuff!
What’s new in 16.6?
- PowerDesigner Desktop Client
- Business Process Modeling
- Enhanced Solution Manager 7.1 support, ease alignment with BPMN2
- Data Support Enhancement
- Data Modeling
- SAP HANA Calculation Views
- SAP HANA Core Data Services (CDS)
- Others
- Reworked tool box for relationship tools
- Prefix-suffix in model generation
- Enable Procedure with same name and different signature
- General
- Unplug name and code synchronization
- Property Sheet Notes Tab becomes Definition
- Manage Users repository privileges becomes Manage Users & Permissions
- Improved Object Sorting in browser and menus
- Business Process Modeling
- PowerDesigner Web
- Enterprise Architecture Model – creation and editing
- Requirements Model – creation and editing
- Search and reuse
- Impact Analysis
- Customizable Diagram Reports
- Translatable Diagrams
- Simplified Diagram Creation
- Repository Explorer Enhancements
- Move models
- Delete folders and models, delete versions
- Rename folders and models
- External documents support
- Administration Enhancements
- New list of locks, activities, and change lists
- Test connection to database, license and LDAP servers
- Enhanced user list
For more detail on these exciting new features, visit the New Features section at the SAP Library.
What about certification information?
Certification
- Certified Integration IDE
- Eclipse 4.x JDK 1.5
- Certified Repository Database
- SAP ASE 15.5, 15.7, 16.0
- SAP SQL Anywhere 11.x, 12.x, 16.x, 17.x
- SAP Hana 1.0
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014
- Oracle 11g, 12c
- IBM DB2 os/390 10.x, 11.x DB2 LUW 9.x, 10.x
- IBM DB2 os/390 10.x, 11.x DB2 LUW 9.x, 10.x
- Certified PowerDesigner Web Server Platform
- Browser: IE 10, IE 11, Firefox 26 to 42, Chrome 35 to 48
- Web Server:Tomcat 7.x, Tomcat 8.x, JBoss AS 7.0 & 7.1, JBOSS EAP 6.x(JBoss 7.2), Weblogic 12
- Server OS version: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 2008 Server , Windows 2012 Server
Another important note is that PowerAMC is now PowerDesigner!
Previous versions of PowerDesigner were provided as an English language installer and a separate French language installer, and the French version was called PowerAMC. From v16.6 onwards, both the English and French versions are called PowerDesigner and a single installer is delivered, which allows you to choose the installation language.
So there’s your brief rundown of 16.6! Go have fun with the new release and as always…
Stay classy Designers and keep on designing!
Adam
P.S. For all the SolMan users out there.
Thanks Adam. A lot of stuff we need. I'm in the fortunate position of not having any users other than myself so will be upgrading right away. 🙂
OK. I deployed this morning. My tiny repository upgraded without issues but there were over 7000 DDL statements. I'm not running the proxy but I do have the new PowerDesigner Web portal - that was super easy. No licensing issues. No testing done yet. I have enlisted some users to try it out and I'm planning to test out the enhanced Solution Manager 7.1 support.
Hi Peter - Glad to hear the upgrade went well. Good luck with the testing!
I'm planning to take a look at PD 16.6 next week and blog about it. If you've had a look and want to be quoted, please pass on comments.
I am waiting for the patches that fix the issues that we saw in Chrome on the Portal that were fixed in the latest 16.5.
I would have preferred a smaller download file. But it's all here now. Can't wait to give it a try. Always liked PowrDesigner.
Hi there.
I'm missing Win 10 in the OS list.
It was said that 16.6 will officially support WIN 10: PowerDesigner 15.3 & 16.1 - Will it work with Windows 10?
BR Waldemar
Hi there.
We currently testing the upgrade from PowerDesigner 16.5 to 16.6 and are noting some issues with the new procedure feature in PDM models.
Example:
Procedure body/definition version 16.5:
create procedure [%QUALIFIER%]%PROC%
(
@ID INT,
@NAME VARCHAR(255) = NULL
)
AS...
After upgrade to version 16.6 the result is:
create procedure [%QUALIFIER%]%PROC% [%PROCPRMS%] as...
The Parameter tab is empty, so all the parameters of the original procedure seem to be vanished. The product is not useable in this state.
Are there any problems known?
Regards
Denny
Hi Denny Schweigert.
Did you install the "upgrade" package or uninstall and reinstall 16.6?
We faced some issues with the upgrade package. After installing 16.6 SP1 64bit the issues are gone...
BR Waldemar
The issue still exists. We tested the upgrade, uninstall and reinstall of both 16.6 and 16.6 SP1.
Some procedures seem to work, we think the usage of the brackets are the cause of the problem.
Regards Denny
When will Solution Manager 7.2 integration be available?
Hi Adam,
I want to upgrade from 16.5 to 16.6.Do I need to uninstall the old 16.5 version before as both 16.5 and 16.6 can't co-exists together?
Regards,
kaustubh
Hi Kaustubh,
You will need to uninstall 16.5 before installing 16.6. Unfortunately both versions cannot be installed on the same machine.
Adam
question ... I upgraded from 16.5 and had SAP Universe option, I don't see that option on 16.6. Do I need to generate a new license? Thanks
What is PowerDesigner's support for NoSQL databases?
Hi,
Is the new version supported on a Mac (Apple) Machine ? If NO, is there a work-around to do so ??
--Thanks
Amit
The resource 'English' you wish to open has been saved with a more recent version (16.6.6.0) than the one you are using (16.6.5.5587). Why is this coming i dont understand ...I have installed the latest version only.
and secondly i am also getting the same issue stated above for procedures as below :
Example:
Procedure body/definition version 16.5:
create procedure [%QUALIFIER%]%PROC%
(
@ID INT,
@NAME VARCHAR(255) = NULL
)
AS…
After upgrade to version 16.6 the result is:
create procedure [%QUALIFIER%]%PROC% [%PROCPRMS%] as…
please comment
Hi everybody,
Is the integration with Solution Manager 7.2 already available?
Hi Ronald,
Please see the following documentation on 16.6 SP05:
Importing SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Process Diagrams
Adam
Thanks Adam!
But I need the configuration documentation about the integration. Can you help me with that?
Ronald