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DTM Data Modeler, features list
Environment
| Operating systems support |
Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, 2008. |
| Additional client side software required |
ODBC 32, IDAPI (BDE) or Oracle Call Interface. |
| Does the product support any DBMS-specific features? |
Yes, for MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase and Interbase/Firebird. |
Forward Engineering
| Does the modeling tool support partial target database generation? |
Yes. |
| Can the Data Modeler drop an existing objects before creation? |
Yes. |
| Does the program support generation of ALTER statements instead of CREATE? |
Yes. |
| Does the user allowed to customize SQL statements to be generated? |
Yes, complete templates for generic and most popular database systems are supplied. |
Reverse Engineering
| Does the data modeler support selection of objects to be extracted from existing database? |
Yes, by name and by mask. |
| What kind of objects can be retrieved? |
Tables, views, indexes, triggers, stored procedures, keys and relationships, defaults, comments. |
Modeling
| Does the data modeler support areas? |
Yes. |
| Does the data modeler enable the user to create a model without database connection? |
Yes, the user can use generic data type set or select one of the most popular database like Oracle, SQL Server, etc. |
| Can the DTM Data Modeler convert a model from one database system to another? |
Yes, with model conversion tool. |
| Does the program allow to add free text notes to model? |
Yes. |
| Does the data modeler support custom background colors for tables/entities? |
Yes. |
| Does the software product support custom fonts for individual model? |
Yes. |
| Does the CASE utility support primary key migration feature? |
Yes, with a few options. |
| Can the modeling tool copy and export model view as an image? |
Yes, as windows bitmap. |
| Has the modeling tool built-in model reporting tool? |
Yes, simple tool with HTML output only is included. Please try out
DTM Schema Reporter for more flexible and powerful reports. |
Assistance/Help
| Is help for the tool built into the product? |
Yes. |
| Is help for the tool available online? |
Yes, see online help |
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