Upgrade requirements for users of the Sybase PowerDesigner PDM 7.5 to 15 bridge

As of InfoSphere Information Server, Version 9.1, bridges for design tools no longer create implemented data resources when physical data models are imported. To protect the integrity of your imported metadata, the following requirements are enforced in InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager:

• If you have shared metadata from an import area, the import area is locked and you cannot reimport into the same import area. Instead, you can create a new import area by copying the settings of the existing area, as described in Creating an import area from an existing staged import.
• If you have not shared metadata from the import area, you cannot share existing staged imports but you can reimport into the import area, as described in Reimporting staged imports.

In imports created by using this bridge in version 8.7 of InfoSphere Information Server, the identity of an imported logical or physical data model includes a namespace value that contains the path of the model file. If you imported the same data model with version 8.7, take either of the following actions:

• To merge the current data model with the previously imported data model, use the same value for Model namespace that was provided for you in the original import. You can copy this namespace value by browsing to the previously imported logical or physical data model and displaying the model on the Repository Management tab.
• To create a different identity for the current data model, specify a value for Model namespace that is different from the namespace value of the previously imported data model. The current data model is imported as a unique asset, while the previously imported model remains in the metadata repository. If desired, a Common Metadata Administrator can delete the previously imported data model on the Repository Management tab.