Data Modeling Tool: SILVERRUN RDM Relational Data Modeler

SILVERRUN RDM Relational Data Modeler is a feature-rich data modeling tool that enables data modelers and data administrators as well as database designers and database administrators to produce and maintain high-quality, enterprise-strength relational data models. RDM is very adaptable and can be used at virtually any stage in the development life cycle.

RDM data models can be built from scratch and reverse engineered from a variety of sources (RDBMS as well as non-relational files). Moreover, conceptual data models / entity relationship diagrams created in SILVERRUN ERX Entity Relationship eXpert can be converted to relational data models and opened in SILVERRUN RDM.

While simple data modeling tools are successful in generating standalone applications, SILVERRUN RDM helps you design database structures for numerous, heterogeneous databases in a highly distributed environment. An industry leader for its multi-level modeling and sub-modeling technologies, SILVERRUN empowers designers with the ability to break up enterprise complexity into manageable subject areas.

In the SILVERRUN suite of tools, SILVERRUN RDM is the cornerstone for creating, managing and profiting from your enterprise information architecture. It can be used in standalone mode or in conjunction with SILVERRUN ERX to diagram entity relationships or with SILVERRUN BPM to integrate business process models with data models.

SILVERRUN RDM helps you to forward and reverse engineer schemas with any of the supported database interfaces.

Overview of Major Features

• Provides reuse of objects through drag and drop palettes, move/copy tool, and merge duplicate function.
• Allows extension of the repository with user-defined descriptors.

• Expresses business rules in SILVERRUN models including actions, conditions, rules and constraints.
• Supports multiple notations and methodologies.
• Helps to redocument and rebuild existing systems.
• Designs, creates and reverse engineers many SQL databases.
• Offers full control of integrating models derived from multiple sources.
• Inputs and manages physical storage parameters for many RDBMSs.
• Performs target system-specific validation.
• Supports multiple physical databases in the same model.

• Integrates models with SILVERRUN BPM (Business Process Modeler).
• Provides unlimited levels of submodels or objects in a diagram.
• Supports teamwork through splitting and merging models.
• Features complete repository to store diagram information.
• Can be used with a network team repository (Enterprise Series).
• Generates full model documentation.
• Offers relational support for queries and report generation on a variety of RDBMs.
• Supports all Windows platforms.
• Is scalable to your needs from file-based stand-alone versions to team-repository-based floating network licenses.
• Offers an open environment.
• Has the capability of adding application extensions ("Add-Ins").
• Generates customizable HTML and RTF reports.