Author: Kovid Rathee
Kovid is a Data & Infrastructure Engineer working as a Senior Consultant at Servian in Melbourne, Australia. He is originally from Rohtak, India. In a career spanning 10 years, he has worked for startups and corporates, product companies and service companies alike. He started his career as an Assistant Professor at an engineering college and later moved to a full stack developer role for a while, before finally moving into the data space where he has been working for the past 8 years. He likes to write about data engineering, infrastructure-as-code, DevOps and SRE. He is a semi-trained Indian classical singer, writes poetry in Hindi and Urdu, and hopes to get published someday.
Sharing ER Diagrams With Your Team in Vertabelo
Data modeling is a collaborative effort, active or otherwise. Effective ER diagram collaboration requires sharing the progress with team members and others who may not directly contribute to the model, such as program managers, product teams, and business analysts.
You need a data modeling tool with hassle-free sharing and collaboration capabilities. Sharing ER diagrams and sharing database models need to be a key feature of any data modeling tool.
How to Find a Table in a Vertabelo ER Diagram
As a database evolves, ER diagrams can get quite complex, even complicated, if not organized properly. While you can learn how to create logical and physical diagrams and efficiently organize ERD diagrams in Vertabelo, there are some features in Vertabelo that help you better navigate complex diagrams.
One such feature is to find and focus on a table by its name. This simple feature can help you at the time of modeling and as you organize your data model.
How to Collaborate Effectively in Vertabelo
Learn how to use Vertabelo's features to collaborate effectively on database models and documents.
In the post-pandemic world, effective collaboration on database modeling is of the essence. Database developers and data modelers must work together on developing data models and writing SQL queries, functions, procedures, and more. Every substrate of software engineering is becoming more collaborative by the day, and database development is no different.
Teams cannot function properly to deliver results if they are not using the right tools.
What Are Document Types in Vertabelo?
Create logical data model documents, physical data model documents, and SQL script documents using Vertabelo.
Vertabelo allows you to create and import your models with three different types of documents. This article takes you through all three Vertabelo document types: the logical data model, the physical data model, and the SQL script.
These documents let you start modeling from scratch or import your existing progress into Vertabelo. The different representations of the same data model help a variety of people understand the model.
How to Create a SQL Script in Vertabelo
Data modeling is usually seen as a visual activity, but many data modelers prefer writing a SQL script to generate the data model. Catering to different teams and different ways of collaboration between teams, Vertabelo offers you three different options to create your data models. You can create a physical data model, a logical data model, or a SQL script. Creating a physical data model or a logical data model consists of a GUI-based approach.
How to Get an Academic Account in Vertabelo
Vertabelo has three types of paid accounts for businesses and professionals to choose from: Basic, Premium, and Team. We also offer a free Premium-level account for students and teachers called the Academic account. It’s part of our commitment to support the education community.
Access to an Academic account enables both students and teachers to use Vertabelo for relevant courses, tests, demos, etc. without any cost.
How do you know if you’re eligible for an Academic account?
7 Tips for a Good ER Diagram Layout
In this article, you will learn some practical tips for organizing data models, creating readable layouts, and efficiently working with ERDs (entity-relationship diagrams).
Database diagrams are to applications what blueprints are to buildings. The more components a building has, the more complicated it is to design. Unlike buildings, though, databases undergo persistent changes, which is why ER diagrams are used to understand the structure of the database and ensure that the most current models are deployed.
How SQL Physical Model Versioning Works in Vertabelo
Data modeling isn’t a one-time activity. It is a continuous process. When building applications, developers use a version control system like Git to create multiple code versions while maintaining the history of changes and the hierarchy. Similarly, data modelers also need a feature that enables them to control the versions of their data models. That’s where SQL physical model versioning comes in handy.
Maybe your current data model is changing.
What Is the Team Account in Vertabelo? What Are Its Benefits?
Like many other software and database development activities, data modeling is a collaborative endeavor —perhaps even more so than the others. In addition to ensuring that they avoid anti-patterns and follow the best data modeling practices, data modelers also need to facilitate the swift and agile development of the data model. For that, there needs to be a way to collaborate on the data model design process.
Although Vertabelo’s basic and premium plans are enough for individuals, teams may require a bit more.
How to Generate Documentation in Vertabelo
Entity-relationship diagram (ER diagram) documentation is an important part of any database project. Find out how to use Vertabelo to generate database documentation from SQL.
Writing good documentation is as hard as writing good code. Some say that teams who don’t invest in good documentation early on pay a high price later. Databases and data warehouses are central to business applications. Just like an application mandates good reference documentation for APIs, SDKs, repositories, etc.