Data View
Interactive model-derived view with persistence and search modes
You are editing a Data View. Data Views display model entities as nodes on a force-directed graph canvas with edges inferred from foreign key relationships. Click any node to open the Entity Overlay with the full property table.
Key actions
| Action | How to |
|---|---|
| Add entities | Click Manage Entities in the top bar to open the entity picker |
| Select a profile | Use the profile selector in the top bar to choose a database or search profile |
| Open Entity Overlay | Click any node, or press Alt+Enter to open the property table |
| Search nodes | Press Ctrl+F to open fuzzy search with ranked results |
| Adjust spacing | Use the spacing slider in the bottom-right corner |
| Pin nodes | Press P to pin selected nodes in place |
| Compare entities | Pin an Entity Overlay, then click another node for side-by-side comparison |
| Save | Press Ctrl+S to save the view |
Entity Overlay columns
Learn more
Data Views are lightweight projections of the central model. They store only layout positions and style overrides. Entity data, properties, types, and relationships come from the model at render time, so views can never drift from the source of truth.
Step-by-step guide for creating a Data View from the data model, including entity selection with group filtering, profile assignment, and inspecting entities via the Entity Overlay.
Create Data Views in persistence mode to visualise entity-relationship schemas derived from the central data model. Select entities with the entity picker, assign a database profile for type resolution, and inspect entities via the Entity Overlay.
Create Data Views in persistence mode to visualise entity-relationship schemas with database-profile-aware type resolution. Inspect entities via the Entity Overlay with ERD-style columns showing key roles, types, constraints, and foreign key references.