

You can then work with the new model just as you would one that you created from scratch. Navicat will then generate a physical model from the selected schema and open it in a new Model window: To reverse engineer a database schema, right-click it in the Navigation Pane and choose Reverse Schema to Model… from the popup menu: In Navicat, you can reverse engineer a database/schema, tables or views to a physical model. The process of extracting design information from a software product is known as “reverse engineering”. In today's tip, we'll learn how to create a model from a variety of database objects in Navicat Premium. In that event, DBAs have no recourse but to either redraft the models from scratch or, if they're in the know, let their Database Management Tool create models for them based on the existing database. That being said, it is an unfortunate fact that all-too-often, data models get misplaced or deleted over time. Another advantage of doing this exercise upfront is that many professional tools like Navicat can utilize the models as plans and build the database according to their specifications. Usually, the data warehousing staff of a business will design one or more types of data models in order to most effectively normalize the tables and pan how to most efficiently store and retrieve business data.

There are many kinds of data models, but the most popular type is the relational model, which uses a table-based format. A database model is a type of data model that determines the logical structure of a database and fundamentally determines in which manner data can be stored, organized and manipulated.
