Create Diagram

A diagram is a visual representation of the relationships and structure of a data model. It depicts the tables, fields, collections, entities, attributes, and relationships between them in a clear and concise manner. You can use it in database design and development processes to communicate and document the logical organization of data within your system.

Object Pane

The Object pane displays a list of all objects used in the diagram.

Toolbar

The Toolbar is located near the top of the diagram. The buttons display in the toolbar depend on the model type and server type. You can use the toolbar to perform some basic tasks, such as adding tables, views, functions, collections or entities, applying Auto Layout feature, etc.

Canvas

You can design your diagram on the Diagram Canvas. All added objects can be moved (by dragging them with mouse or by keyboard), resized, aligned to the grid, etc.

Properties Pane

The Properties tab includes the basic layout settings, object settings and so on. The properties vary with the type of the object selected.

The DDL tab shows the DDL of the selected object.

Overview Pane

The Overview pane displays the whole active diagram in the canvas. To zoom in or zoom out the selected area of the diagram, adjust the slider. Same effect can be achieved with keyboard shortcuts:

Zoom In: [CTRL++] or [CTRL+Mousewheel Up]

Zoom out: [CTRL+-] or [CTRL+Mousewheel Down]

Create New Diagram

The essential steps to create a diagram are:

In the Workspace window, click New Diagram.
Enter the name of the diagram.
Click OK.
A tab will open for you to edit the diagram.

Properties

Once you have selected the diagram canvas, you can customize the diagram by changing its properties:

Option	Description
Default Model	Choose the default model of the diagram. All objects created in the diagram belong to the default model.
Diagram Notation	Choose the notation framework used to illustrate relationships (e.g., Crow's Foot, IDEF1X, or UML).
Database Object Font	Set the font style of the database objects.
Black and white	Change the diagram color scheme to black and white.
Show database object comments	Show object-level comments on the object blocks.
Show table field comments	Show field or column-level comments within the tables in the diagram.
Show table field NOT NULL	Show "NOT NULL" on the diagram if a field is restrict null values.
Show table icons	Display corresponding graphic icons next to table headers for dimensional and data vault models.
Show collection subfields	Show nested document fields inside MongoDB collections.
Show database names	Show the database names before the object names in the diagram (e.g., db.table1).
Paper Size	Set the paper size dimensions of the canvas.
Pages	Set the total width and height of the canvas grid, measured in consecutive page segments.