SQL Data Modeler reporting repository data model

SQL Data Modeler (SDM) reporting repository data model
I exported several models to reporting schema and reviewed the reports. So far so good. The reports I need are not included so I'm creating my own. I imported the reporting schema to SDM to explore the model and see how to join the tables. Has anyone already done this exercise and produced a data model for the reporting schema with primary keys, foreign keys and relationships? It would save me a pile of work if I could download the model and import it to SDM?
Gerhardt

Thank you Philip,
We are doing reports in TOAD and Cognos 8.
So far so good. One of the pieces of information I need out of the Oracle Data Modeler reporting schema is the columns in foreign keys. Foreign keys are not usually enforced in datamarts but data analysts must know what the foreign keys are to join tables.
There is a notation in Relational Model Elements.pdf "Foreign keys of DMR_CONSTR_INDEX_COLUMNS table are not valid since one column is used to refer to objects in two different tables"
This begs the question: Is there a valid foreign key in DMRS_CONSTR_INDEX_COLUMNS to join it to DMRS_FOREIGNKEYS or is the model documented incorrectly?
The repository adds tremendous value to Data Modeler.
Gerhardt

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