
However, it was kind of like a brick in the face when I read this documentation for Visual Studio 2013: ( ) “ In previous In this one is says “as far as I know, this functionality (UML/Database) was actually supported not by Visio team, but rather by Visual Studio team.” I found this statement: “Full-on reverse engineering functionality is now provided by Visual Studio in the Premium or Ultimate editions.” It is now just dumb column rectangles that have an appearance of database diagramming, but has no real functionality. I was disappointed to find that database modeling functionality had been further reduced. I checked to see what was up with database modeling in Visio 2013. Our company is now in full swing on a desktop hardware refresh to Windows 8.1 and Office 2013. without being distracted by details such as data types and constraint names.Īt first I was frustrated by the lack of forward engineering, but I think that turned out to be a blessing, as that lead to a rigorous, final development-time evaluation of the details that are distracting and can be under-considered during initial brainstorming. Not being server connected allows me to focus on entities and attribute relationships, cardinality, etc. It gives me a quick and manageable way to create a realistic prototype of a data model without being server connected. I like using the database modeling tool in Visio 2010.
