Redgate Data Modeler (formerly known as Vertabelo) is an online data modeling tool that helps teams design, visualize, and manage databases collaboratively. It supports a wide range of database engines and offers a clean, intuitive interface for creating entity–relationship diagrams, reverse-engineering existing databases, and generating SQL scripts. As a cloud-based platform, Redgate Data Modelermakes it easy to share models, track changes, and work together in real time, streamlining the database design process from concept to deployment.

Redgate Data Modeler's intuitive design lets you get started with designing databases right away without poring over pages of documentation. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Database modeling tips

Check out our tips we've prepared on our blog:

1. How to move a column up or down
2. Use keyboard shortcuts in Vertabelo!
3. How to copy tables between models
4. How to make a column unique
5. How to quote table names in generated SQL script
6. How to create a multicolumn primary key
7. How to include comments in SQL script
8. How to name a primary key
9. How to create multiple references between two tables
10. How to use a data type that isn't listed in the data types panel
11. Vertabelo reports that my data type is not supported. What can I do?
12. The quickest possible way to create a new column
13. How to export selected tables as an image
14. How to create a model preview link and embed the model in a website
15. How to visually group tables and organize large database models using subject areas
16. Can I put the same table in the diagram twice?
17. Drag a table from the navigation tree and drop it in your diagram to create a shortcut
18. How to display all references between two tables
19. How to automatically download SQL script from Vertabelo
20. How to configure Vertabelo printouts
21. How to quickly find a table in a diagram
22. How to identify problems with my model
23. How to create a reference to an alternate key
24. How to name a version of the model