With ER/Studio Data Architect, we can use the Data Dictionaries to define Reference Values and to bind them to our Attributes|Columns.
I’ll share a script to generate the lookup tables for all the columns of the selected Tables which use Reference Values Lists. With Physical Data Model, it also generates in the Post SQL tab of the created Reference table, the Insert statements.
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Macros – Remove diagrams from the repository using an Excel workbook
After a while, you may have added lots of projects in your ER/Studio Repository.
In this blog post, I’ll share a script which can generate a worksheet with all the Diagrams added to the Repository and remove diagrams from the Repository using a list provided through a spreadsheet.
Webinar extracts – Do you need to model hierarchical data such as JSON, MongoDB, and Google BigQuery?
On August the 22nd, I have presented a webinar: Do you need to model hierarchical data such as JSON, MongoDB, and Google BigQuery?
In this post, I’ll share a video with the most interesting extracts. This video provides chapters, so do not hesitate to navigate to the ones you are the most interested by.
Get French Holidays
I saw this blog post and I decided to publish this one for France. Here is a PowerShell function that gets all French holidays…
Compliance and Backup Strategy: A Closer Look at the Connection
The Intersection of Compliance and Digital Data Organizations of all sizes and shapes must comply with government and industry regulations. Some...
Macros – Using macros to create Data Vault objects
Some years ago, Sultan shared a post regarding Data Vault modeling with ER/Studio. I strongly recommend to read it before this one.
The different Data Vault providers implement common objects but the attributes can differ. In this blog post, I’ll share an archive with some macros which can create hubs, satellites and links.
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.1
Introducing IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.1: The Latest Release of Our Leading SQL Server Auditing Solution SQL Compliance Manager is the leading...
Temperature Control for Windows Systems
Windows laptops (and servers, too) can get hot, especially during summer. Surprisingly, there is no simple built-in way in Windows to monitor...
Get German Holidays
Here is a PowerShell function that gets all German holidays, either nationwide or just for your state: function Get-GermanHoliday { param (...
We are excited to announce the General Availability of Aqua Data Studio (ADS), version 23.0!
Aqua Data Studio is the industry-leading multi-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for databases with Visual Analytics. This...
Mastering the Complexities of Analytics for Big Data in Healthcare, Part 2
In Part 1, we discussed the properties of big data and how it affects the data gathered in the healthcare industry. Here we go over methods for...
Finding Start Time Degradation
With Administrator privileges, a Windows system provides access to the diagnostic data gathered during startup. Windows logs the start time and...
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Secure 4.3
We are excited to announce the general availability of IDERA SQL Secure 4.3. IDERA SQL Secure empowers users to identify vulnerabilities in SQL...
Webinar extracts – Maximize Your Productivity with ER/Studio Macros: The Magic Wand for Data Modelers
On May the 9th, I have presented a webinar: Maximize Your Productivity with ER/Studio Macros: The Magic Wand for Data Modelers
In this post, I’ll share a video with the most interesting extracts. This video has chapters, so do not hesitate to navigate to the ones you are the most interested by.
Microsoft Graph PowerShell Community Sample Page
Microsoft Graph is a new unified programming model to manage cloud services such as Microsoft 365 and Azure. Many PowerShell modules and cmdlets...
Identifying AD Accounts without Proper Encryption Type
You may have accounts (inc. trust accounts) in AD that have a null value for msds-SupportedEncryptionTypes. They may have been working "by accident"...
Managing File Shares
Creating a new file share for your network requires Administrator privilege and this PowerShell code: $Parameters = @{ Name = "Packages" Path =...
Macros – Sample macros to import Logical and Physical Data Models from Microsoft Visio to ER/Studio Data Architect
Visio can draw charts, plans and diagrams.
Some people have used Visio to create their Logical and/or Physical Data Models and they would like to import their drawings in a data architecture and design tool: ER/Studio Data Architect.
In this blog post, I’ll share 2 scripts which can import Entities & Attributes from a Visio Drawing page. I have tested it with 2 different samples…
Masked Input
To safely enter input, scripts need to display a masked input. The easiest way to do this is to use Read-Host -AsSecureString: # Read-Host $entered...
Mastering the Complexities of Analytics for Big Data in Healthcare, Part 1
Analytics for big data has rapidly become indispensable for nearly all clinical and operational processes in the healthcare industry. Such functions...
Automating Control Panels
Windows Control Panel is the GUI center for any system configuration. You can launch control panel via console command, too: control [ENTER]....
Easily Transition to Get-WinEvent
Macros – Using macros to expand or collapse Business Data Objects
In my previous post, I shared a script to quickly manage your macro shortcuts. In this one, I’ll share 3 different scripts to expand or collapse your Business Data Objects.
Avoid Get-EventLog
Get-EventLog is a highly popular cmdlet in Windows PowerShell. With just a few simple parameters, it reads event logs from the primary Windows event...