SQL Server support

Supported SQL Server databases

Versions: 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017.

Editions: LocalDB, Express, Developer, Standard, Business Intelligence and Enterprise.

Parallel Data Warehouse is not currently supported

Supported schema elements and metadata

• Tables
  • Columns
    • Data type with length
    • Identity (is identity on)
    • Nullable
    • Default value
    • Computed column specification
  • Primary keys
    • Columns
  • Unique indexes
    • Columns
  • Foreign keys
    • Columns
  • Triggers
    • When triggered
    • Script
• Views
  • Columns (see tables)
  • Script
• Procedures
  • Script
  • Parameters
• Functions
  • Script
  • Parameters
  • Returned value
• Dependencies

Descriptions & extended properties

Dataedo reads and writes extended properties from/to following SQL Server objects:

• Tables
  • Columns
  • Primary/unique keys
  • Foreign keys
  • Triggers
• Views
  • Columns
• Procedures
  • Parameters
• Functions
  • Parameters

Limitations

Following schema elements currently are not supported:

• Check constraints (vote)
• Non unique indexes (vote)
• Unique indexes on views (planned)

Required access level

Importing database schema requires certain access level in documented database. The user used for importing or updating schema should at least have "View definition" permission granted on all objects that are to be documented. "Select" also works on tables and views.

No data is altered in a source database, therefore no "Select" or "Execute" grant is needed.

Following objects are accessed during schema import process:

• INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
• INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
• INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PARAMETERS
• INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS
• INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
• INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
• INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS
• sys.columns
• sys.extended_properties
• sys.indexes
• sys.index_columns
• sys.procedures
• sys.sql_modules
• sys.tables
• sys.views
• sys.all_objects
• sys.objects
• sysobjects
• sysusers

Parallel Data Warehouse is not currently supported