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Relation diagram in semantic layer

  • March 20, 2020
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Add feature to visualize the relation diagram in the semantic models. When selecting table in the semantic model. Just like the 'normal' tables in the ODX, DSA and MDW.

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  • March 23, 2020

Would absolutely love to see this.  Would be useful from a developer standpoint, and even more useful from a documentation standpoint.  I've been looking for ways around not having this feature, and most of the available options have some substantial drawbacks. 


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  • April 7, 2020

Jan: what about Microsoft Visio? Maybe not "the best", maybe not "the most used", but at least part of the Microsoft stack. It used to have options to generate DB structure from diagrams iirc. I tend to use draw.io (free) these days, but I don't think it has the option to encapsulate meaning and metadata in the way Visio can.


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  • April 22, 2020

Jan,
we really need some kind of relation diagram in the symantic model, and like Bas said, the same mechanism as for ODX, DSA and MDW would be sufficient to start with (and to show a 'normal' star-schema).  

Everything is better than maintaining documentation manually outside of TimeXtender.