Documentation

The Bookshelf provided with erwin Data Modeler, which is installed by default, includes documentation for erwin Data Modeler Navigator Edition. You can open the Bookshelf in a web browser from the erwin Data Modeler Start menu.

The documentation provided on the Bookshelf includes the following guides:

Deliverable Name	Format Provided
Add-In Manager Online Help	HTML
API Reference Guide	HTML and PDF
Data Modeling Overview Guide (This guide was earlier known as Methods Guide.)	HTML and PDF
Editing Forward Engineering Templates	HTML and PDF
Implementation Guide	HTML and PDF
Implementation and Administration Guide (Workgroup Edition) (The individual Administration and Implementation guides are merged to create one guide--Implementation and Administration Guide.)	HTML and PDF
Installation Guide	HTML and PDF
Metamodel Reference	HTML
erwin Data Modeler Online Help	HTML
erwin Mart Administrator Online Help	HTML
erwin Release Notes Mart Server Release Notes	HTML and PDF
Template Language and Macro Reference	PDF
Upgrade Wizard Help	HTML
User Guide (Navigator Edition)	HTML and PDF

Note: For more information about the erwin Data Modeler editions, see erwin Data Modeler Editions.

The bookshelf includes a new section named Roles. This section includes documentation relevant to the tasks performed by each role in HTML format. The Roles section includes the following documentation:

Role	Deliverable Name
Business Analyst	Applying a theme to a model
Business Analyst	Changing the description of multiple objects
Data Architect	Applying data type standards
	Applying naming standards
	Creating a model
	Generating or viewing reports
	Compare models using Complete Compare
	Create a Database Schema
	How to Reverse Engineer a Database or a Script
	How to Set Up erwin Web Portal and Publish Models
System Administrator	Upgrading Mart
	Setting up concurrent licenses
	Using a local license
	Using concurrent licenses
	Adding users
	Installing and configuring Mart