SAP PowerDesigner 16.5.3 - How to create a short table name for use with naming conventions

[former_member1284840]

Hello -

I am a SAP PowerDesigner 16.53 User. I am experimenting with extending our naming conventions for Primary Keys, Foreign Keys, and Indexes. I would like to create a "Short Table name" element for each table in my model. This will be an abbreviation of the table name which will use the first letter of each word in the Name column. Example: If Table name is "Dim Billing Agency Statement", the short name would be "DBAS". I could use this string in naming conventions for Primary Keys (DBAS_PK), References (DBAS_DA_FK), and Indexes (DBAS_PK, DBAS_IDX, etc).

Is this possible? Please help!

Thanks!

Shawn

[former_member200945]

Hi Shawn,

YES it's possible. You can use glossary feature.

See

https://help.sap.com/doc/saphelp_pd1655_quickref/16.5.5/en-US/c8/15496a6e1b1014a647f34562dd7112/cont...

-Phil