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Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Overview
David Last, Oracle UK
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• Why Model?
• Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Overview
• Feature Highlights
• New Features
• More Information
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• Top Five Reasons to Model
– Easy to Change
– Communication Method to Gather Requirements
– Business Rules Validation
– Target User Involvement
– Documentation/Training
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• No cost diagramming and data modeling tool – standalone or within SQL Developer
• Single tool for different users and functionality
• Modeling across platforms within one integrated system
• Business rule and process flow documentation and verification
• Standards-driven DDL script generation
• Migration support from other tools
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• Technology and Architecture
– Java based
– Common IDE Framework
– Metadata stored in XML Files
• Database support
– Oracle 9i, 10g, and Oracle 11g
– Third-party databases: Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, UDB
• Platform support
– Windows
– Linux
– Mac OSX
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Strategy and Analysis
Import Models
Data Type
Domains
ERD DFD
Multidimensional Logical
Reporting
Database Design
Relational Star Schema Physical
DDL Script
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Data Dictionary

Data Model – Entity Relationship Diagram
• Model entities, attributes, relations and entity type hierarchies
• Transform logical to many relational and multi-dimensional models
• Configurable forward and reverse engineering
• Provide different modeling notations and displays of same model
• Use subviews to work on subset of model
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Process Model – Data Flow Diagram
• Model external agents, processes, information flow and information stores
• Different process types: primitive, composite and transformation
• Decompose a process into lower level DFDs
• Depict information flow from one object to another
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• Model tables, columns and foreign keys
• Map one logical data model to one or more relational models
• Configurable forward and reverse engineering
• Use subviews to work on subset of model
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• Autoroute vs. Manual mode
• Context-sensitive windows
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Properties Window
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Transformation
Logical
Relational Relational
Physical Physical
• Engineering options: General, compare/copy and synchronization
• Include design glossary and naming standards
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• One relational model for many physical models
• Documents tablespaces, users, stored procedures
• Apply properties to many elements at once
• Supports
– Oracle9i, Oracle Database 10g and
Oracle Database 11g
– Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005
– IBM DB2/390 and DB2 LUW
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Relational
Physical

• Use scripting engine of choice
• Create user defined transformation scripts
• Apply multiple scripts or rules
• Define Rule Sets
• Create Libraries
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• Support for SQL99 (Object Relational
Modeling)
– Distinct Types
– Structured Types
– Collection Types
• Used in logical and relational models
• Included in import
• Generated in DDL
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• Model Cubes, Dimensions, Levels and Hierarchies, Measures and slices
• Start from ROLAP, XMLA or from scratch
• Generate Oracle Analytical
Workspaces
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• Import using direct connections
– Oracle Database
– Microsoft SQL Server
– IBM DB2 and UDB
– Generic JDBC based dictionary (MySQL, Teradata)
– Oracle Designer repository
• File import
– DDL
– Domains
– Other Modeling tools (CA ERwin)
– Multi-Dimensional (Cube views, Microsoft XMLA)
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• DDL generation options
– Design Rules
– Object selection
– Drop objects
– Name Substitution
– Table scripts
• Standard database DDL scripts
– Oracle
– IBM DB2 and UDB
– Microsoft SQL Server
• Reporting Repository export
• Multi-Dimensional Oracle AW, Cube Views and XMLA
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Preferences
• Defaults used during creation, manipulation, generation of all models
• Naming Standards used during creation and transformation
• Diagramming properties
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Tools Options
• Administer cross model objects
• Facilitates common tasks
• Define abbreviations and glossary words
• Customize and verify Design rules
• Compare and merge models
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Open/Modify
Working
Directory
Check out
Commit Changes
Merge Changes
Commit Changes
Make More Changes
User 1
V1
V2
V3
V4
Subversion
Repository
Check Out
Commit Changes
Working
Directory
Open/Modify
User 2
Version
History
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• Use Versioning Navigator to connect to Subversion repository
• Checking in Design using Data Modeler or External client
• Multiple users check out designs
• Pending Changes dialog provides feedback to all users
• Commit changes to repository
• Manage conflicts
• Review/Manage Version History
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• Integrated reporting
– Generated in RTF, PDF and
HTML formats
• Repository reports
– Export in Data Modeler
– Run Data Modeler Reports in
SQL Developer
– Create custom reports
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New Features Overview
• Synchronization
• Versioning
• Query Builder
• Diagramming Enhancements
• Reporting Enhancements
• National Language Support
– Fully translated into 9 Languages
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• “Easy synchronization"
– One click synchronization between model and dictionary
• Support for several connections
• Supports synchronization in both directions
• List of values/ranges can be extracted from column check constraint
• Can exclude tracking of column order when tables are compared
• No need to recreate table as alter statements are generated
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• Version history is available at design and system level
• Lock and unlock can be done at design, model and subview level
• Support for branching and merging
– delayed resolution of merge conflict
– tree conflicts detected in advance
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• Convert between ANSI and
Oracle joins.
• Graphical Interface support
– Build complex queries
– Persist the layout of diagrams
– Work with objects belonging to a specific subview
• Synchronization of changes in the model with already created views
• Validation of view definitions created with previous version of Data Modeler
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• Diagrams can display primary, unique and foreign key columns
• Display labels in Transformation diagrams
• Setting default colors and fonts for Legends
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• New Reports
– Structured, collection and distinct types, change requests and measurements
• Reporting templates can be defined
– Define report sections to include in generated report
• Report for objects belonging to specific subview
• Reporting Repository
– Multidimensional, business information, change requests and measurement models
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• SQL Developer Data Modeler on OTN
– www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/datamodeler/
• Feature Exchange
– sqldeveloper.oracle.com
• Forums
– forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=1317
• Oracle Learning Library
– www.oracle.com/oll
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Q&A

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