Nearly every month you get new benefits
Coming soon
2025
April
Views on database documentation
Views and Materialized views are now available in the Database Documentation screen
Physical relationships for Global Reference
Global objects shared across projects can now be referenced using physical relationships
New case settings and Glossary rules
Case settings now support separate rules for logical and physical
Add multiple objects to diagram
The multi-select feature allows you to quickly add multiple objects from the explorer to your diagram
March
Iframe
iFrame embeds for projects in third-party systems
Snowflake views
Snowflake views on the diagram with editable columns and parameters
Foreign key linking
Enhanced foreign key linking experience
February
New Snowflake object parser
Snowflake revamped object parser offers faster performance
dbt git push
Push dbt source & model YAML to git in Forward Engineering
January
Multi-git support
Added support for multiple repos in push-to-git
UI enhancements
Simplified UI for Foreign Keys and Relationships
2024
December
Confluence Data Center support
Embed SqlDBM diagrams in on-prem hosted Confluence
November
User Connections
Manage DB credentials and (multiple) git integration at user level
Performance improvements
Reverse engineering for large projects is now exponentially faster
October
Logical projects enhancements
Concurrent working, Excel import, compare revisions
Suggested relationships
Better suggestions with strict mode
September
Logical data type precision rules
Now support none, any, and exact precision
August
Reverse Engineer physical projects from Excel
Bulk edit project structure and create objects via XLSX
Logical visibility flags
Logical-only/physical-only flags to show/hide objects in projects and view modes
Snowflake case sensitivity
Object and column-level property to respect double-quoted names
July
Logical projects
Subtypes and supertypes support with physical transformation options
Global modeling
Enhancements to object display, handling, and merge behavior
Postgre
Partitioning key support for tables
June
Snowflake direct connect
Support object filtering
Google external storage
Google Cloud Platform support for Enterprise Plus hosting and security
SQL Server
Direct Connect for Azure Cloud hosting
Postgre enhancements
Views, new data types, and more Errors and Warnings
May
Logical-only projects
With custom data type mapping and conversion options
Data preview
Sneak a peek at sample data directly from the diagram
April
Amazon Redshift Direct Connect
Reverse engineer Redshift DDL faster than ever
Table Templates enhancements
Now available for Databricks and Azure Synapse
Duplicate Diagrams
Create copies of project diagrams in one click
March
Global Modeling
Global reference across projects
dbt sources
Configure and assign sources to project objects
Azure Synapse
External tables now supported
Table templates
New enhancements and availability for BigQuery
Model governance
Data steward tagging
February
Databricks external tables
External tables are now fully supported
Databricks default constraints
The latest column constraint released by Databricks
Data types and constraints in dbt YAML
Option to include these in model YAML generation
API. Get dbt YAML
Obtain dbt-compatible Source and Model YAML for project objects...Find out more
Views on logical diagrams
Option to allow views to appear in logical view mode
January
dbt properties
Maintain dbt object and column properties and include them in output YAML...Find out more
Model governance reports in confluence
Publish Reports to Confluence with search and navigation. ...Find out more
Status Page
Real-time status tracking of SqlDBM Modeling, API, and Schema Monitoring services...Find out more
2023
December
Table templates
Table templates - stage, dim, hub - create any kind of table in one click through predefined settings...Find out more
Azure external storage (Enterprise Plus)
Azure external storage (Enterprise Plus) - customer-managed storage support for Azure blob...Find out more
Confluence diagram and subject area selection
Confluence diagram and subject area selection - option to restrict sharing when embedding projects...Find out more
November
IP access management
Allow or restrict access to your data models through admin-managed IP policies...Find out more
Audit logs
Review site access by user and date range for auditing and compliance...Find out more
Visual changelog
Spot and review trends or off-schedule changes on a visual timeline...Find out more
SSO for direct connection
Direct connect to Snowflake with Azure AD/Entra ID using OAuth...Find out more
October
Model governance. Import/export fields through XLSX
Add fields to Excel import/export functionality... Find out more
Google BigQuery. Alter script
Alter script support for Forward Engineering and Environments.
Performance improvements for large projects
Improve loading and compare for large projects.
Open API. Get DDL for specific object
Add command to get DDL for a named/individual object... Find out more
September
Model Governance Pages
Extend documentation beyond the object level with rich text full-length content, embedded images, diagrams, styling, and formatting. Pages allow teams to maintain project-level overviews of things like metrics and KPI definitions, business terms, and operational outlines... Find out more
DBT meta fields
With this setting, and Model Governance field can be included in dbt's "meta" YAML property. Now, users can synchronize metadata between SqlDBM and dbt projects... Find out more
Easy invite mode for projects
Enterprise plan projects now include a setting to enable anyone on the project team to invite more collaborators - taking the burden off the project owner... Find out more
Locate on diagram
Database and Diagram explorer screens now allow users to locate objects on any existing diagram and jump there directly... Find out more
August
Model Governance Reports
An all-in-one project information portal in HTML format for end-users with searchable object details, descriptions, and references. Reports offer a sleek interface for finding and navigating between related project assets... Find out more
Views for Google BigQuery
Native support for views (including materialized) for GBQ projects... Find out more
July
Google BigQuery
SqlDBM is thrilled to announce Google BigQuery as the latest cloud data platform to be supported as a native project type. Out of the gate, SqlDBM users will be able to direct connect to their BigQuery projects and begin modeling and maintaining their database objects and metadata... Find out more
Databricks direct connect via unity catalog API
Databricks - serverless reverse engineering using Unity Catalog API... Find out more
June
DB Schema monitoring
Undetected object changes can have unintended consequences in downstream data pipelines. SqlDBM’s Snowflake Schema Monitoring periodically polls your Snowflake databases and alerts designated recipients if DDL changes are detected-giving you the opportunity to be take proactive measures. Our dedicated dashboard lets administer monitoring job runs and review the logs and changes detected on past and a visual timeline to spot change patterns... Find out more
User groups
Large teams on SqlDBM Enterprise plans can now create and manage user groups. User groups can then be added to projects just like individual collaborators, giving access to everyone in the group. User groups make it easier than ever to collaborate across multiple teams and quickly bring (or remove) multiple users into a project in a single step... Find out more
May
Model Governance
With the model governance suite, SqlDBM steps into the cataloging and metadata management arena. For organizations looking for a streamlined governance solution without going all-in on a dedicated cataloging tool, SqlDBM brings user-defined fields to the database documentation. Find out more
Snowflake tags
Snowflake tags are now fully supported across all of SqlDBM, including reverse and forward engineering and alter scripts. You can now manage and apply tags to all supported project objects and validate and deploy tagged assets to your database. Find out more
April
Databricks alter script
Alter scripts for changes in across Databricks projects and environments
March
Enterprise Plus - Security & Compliance Plan
With Enterprise Plus, customers get all the modeling and collaboration features available in SqlDBM, plus robust, enterprise-grade security. This plan offers features like customer-managed S3 hosting and encryption keys, AWS Private Link, IP management, and access logs. Find out more
RELY property for Snowflake constraints
Snowflake constraints (PK, FK, AK) support RELY in reverse/forward engineering and object properties. The RELY property is a keyword included in the constraint definition and acts as a hint for the Snowflake optimizer to rely on the integrity of the constraint and perform join elimination on views and redundant queries. An article describing how RELY can improve query cost and performance is available here.
Moving relationship lines
By popular demand, relationship lines are now customizable in SqlDBM diagrams. Users can bend relationship lines at any point and set their shape permanently on the diagram. This functionality provides complete control over diagram design and ensures that relationships are properly situated for clearer separation and understanding.
February
Dashboard project search
Our latest release adds search functionality to the project dashboard. SqlDBM users can now find the project they are looking for faster by typing all or part of the name into the search bar at the top of the page. Search results include personal and shared projects as well as branch names from those with concurrent working.
Change column order in edit mode
SqlDBM's visual modeling interface lets users rearrange or clone columns in or across tables by simply clicking and dragging. Now, the same functionality is also available in the single-table edit mode. Using the handles to the left of a column, users can drag to rearrange column order or ctrl+drag to clone existing columns while editing a table.
January
Databricks support
SqlDBM is excited to partner with Databricks and provide native support for Databricks projects-offering collaboration, visibility, and cataloging, all in the cloud. Databricks provides the management and performance of a data warehouse with the flexible object store of a data lake.
2022
December
Support alter script for Oracle
Oracle projects were released in open Beta last month and enhancements are already rolling out. Alter scripts for Oracle projects are now available in our latest release. Be on the lookout for additional improvements like views support and conversion to other project types, as we work diligently to bring Oracle projects out of Beta and into full support.
REST API for Enterprise users
A secure API for programmatically accessing SqlDBM projects is finally here-opening the door to unlimited integration potential. We've also been hard at work enhancing the recently-released Oracle project feature, which now supports alter scripts.
November
Oracle projects are now fully supported in SqlDBM
Oracle, the world's biggest database platform by market share, is now available in SqlDBM as a supported project type. Enjoy familiar features like reverse and forward engineering, atler scripts, and revision compare with Oracle-native syntax and properties.
October
Concurrent working for Enterprise users
The entire project team can now work collaboratively and in parallel without having to lock a project. Changes made in any branch can be compared before merging to main and synchronized with any new updates that happen meanwhile. It's everything you've come to appreciate with git, built right into SqlDBM.
AlloyDB support
AlloyDB is a PostgreSQL-compatible database service for demanding enterprise database workloads that combines the best of Google Cloud Platform with one of the most popular open-source database engines. AlloyDB is more than 4X faster than standard PostgreSQL for transactional workloads and 100X faster for analytical queries.