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  • Getting started

    • About ERBuilder

    • Installation guide

    • User interface

  • Project management

    • Creating a new project

      • - Create a new project

      • - New project from scratch

      • - Automatically from user stories/ requirements

      • - From existing database

    • Opening an existing project

    • Closing a project

    • Saving a project

    • Save as a project

    • Exiting the application

    • Project properties

    • Opening multiple projects

  • Diagram Management

    • Add a new diagram

    • Delete a diagram

    • Rename a diagram

    • Diagram properties

    • Add existing tables/relationships to diagram

    • Show/hide relationships from a diagram

    • Export diagram as an image

    • Print/ Preview a diagram

    • Print setup

  • Objects

    • Tables

      • - Creating a new table

      • - Editing a table

      • - Deleting a table

      • - Duplicating a table

      • - Show/hide related relationships

      • - Table Styles

    • Domains

      • - Creating a new domain

      • - Editing an existing domain

      • - Deleting an existing domain

    • Columns

      • - Creating a new column

      • - Editing an existing column

      • - Deleting an existing column

    • Indexes

      • - Creating a new index

      • - Editing an existing index

      • - Deleting an existing index

    • Constraints

      • - Creating a new constraint

      • - Editing an existing constraint

      • - Deleting an existing constraint

    • Keys

      • - Creating a new key

      • - Editing an existing key

      • - Deleting an existing key

    • Triggers

      • - Creating a new trigger

      • - Editing an existing trigger

      • - Deleting an existing trigger

    • Procedures

      • - Creating a new procedure

      • - Editing an existing procedure

      • - Deleting an existing procedure

    • Views

      • - Creating a new view

      • - Editing an existing view

      • - Deleting an existing view

    • Sequences

      • - Creating a new Sequence

      • - Editing an existing Sequence

      • - Deleting an existing Sequence

    • Relationships

      • - Creating a new relationship

      • - Editing an existing relationship

      • - Deleting an existing relationship

      • - Setting relationship line style

      • - Add/ remove relationship point

      • - Show/hide a relationship

      • - Relationship styles

    • Schemas

      • - Creating a new Schema

      • - Editing an existing Schema

      • - Deleting an existing Schema

    • Requirements/ user stories

      • - Creating a new requirement/ user story

      • - Assign a requirement/ user story

      • - Editing an existing requirement/ user story

      • - Deleting an existing requirement/ story

      • - Import/ export requirements and user stories

    • Custom metadata

      • - Create a new custom metadata

      • - Assign a custom metadata

      • - Edit a custom metadata

      • - Delete a custom metadata

    • Manipulate objects

      • - Undo/Redo an action

      • - Copying/Pasting objects

      • - Reaching objects

      • - Organize and arrange Objects on a diagram

      • - Finding/Replacing objects

      • - Replacing data types

  • Connections management

    • Creating a new connection

    • Editing an existing connection

    • Deleting an existing connection

    • SSL settings

    • SSH settings

      • - SSH Connection using Password authentication

      • - SSH Connection using Public key authentication

    • Windows authentication

  • Forward/Reverse engineering

    • Forward engineering

      • - Model validation

      • - DDL Script generation

      • - Database generation

    • Reverse engineering an existing database

  • Advanced features

    • Update database from model

    • Update model from database

    • Generate change script

    • Compare models and/or databases

    • Merge models

    • Change DBMS

    • Model documentation

      • - Generate data model documentation

      • - Confluence connection settings

      • - Auto generate description

    • Generate data dictionary

    • Using ERBuilder console to generate documentation/ data dictionaries

    • Schedule the generation of data dictionaries/ documentation

    • Generate user interface

    • Generate test data

    • Data Generators settings

      • - Assign Data Generators

      • - Add a new generator template

    • Work with virtual test data in a database sandbox

    • Versions control management

  • Generative AI features

    • Auto-generate ERD using generative AI

    • Update model from Requirements/ User Stories using generative AI

    • Generative AI setup

  • Data model browser

    • About data model browser

    • Elements of the data model browser

    • Using the advanced filters

  • Git version control

    • Setup of Git with ERBuilder

    • Import project from Git repository

    • Save changes to Git repository

    • Refresh model

    • Manage versions

  • Options management

    • General

    • Diagram

    • Tables

    • Relationships

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  2. Finding/Replacing objects

Finding/Replacing objects


Find an object

  1. Select “Tools | Find” from the menu bar. You can also use a shortcut (Ctrl+F).

  2. Find an object
  3. A window will appear which contains a field to enter the word you wish to search for, with the possibility of choosing between two options (case sensitive or whole word). It is also possible to select the objects you want to search in from the treeview on the right of the window.

  4. Find an object
  5. When you click on “Search”, a list will appear. It contains the objects that include this word.

  6. Find an object

Replace an object

  1. Select “Tools | Replace” from the menu bar. You can also use a shortcut (Ctrl+H).

  2. Replace an object
  3. When thes replace window appear, You can enter the word you are looking for, then the word that will replace the searched word.
    As options, choose between case sensitive or whole word. In the treeview on the right of the window, you can select the objects in which you want to search and replace.

  4. Replace an object
  5. When you click “Search”, a list will appear in the same window that contains the found objects including the searched word. After that, select the object(s) you want to replace and click “Replace”.

  6. Replace an object

    Replace an object



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