Intended Audience

This guide is intended for use by individuals such as business or system analysts, database designers, and programmers who require read-only access to models created in erwin Data Modeler (erwin DM). You can use erwin Data Modeler Navigator Edition to view, print, and manipulate models. The only limitation is that you cannot save any type of model change, including any made to models accessed in a mart database.

Starting erwin Mart Portal 12.1, erwin DM Navigator Edition works only with erwin Mart Portal on premises. For erwin Mart Portal on Cloud, explore erwin ER360. For more information or assistance, contact erwin Support.

You can use this product on data models that are on a local drive, network drive, or in a mart database to:

• View the work of others while it is in progress.
• Provide input without inadvertently changing work.
• Read the information in a model in order to create queries, reports, or applications.

If you are already familiar with erwin Data Modeler, erwin Data Modeler Navigator Edition offers most of the features currently available in the full-feature version of these products.

For more information about product differences, see erwin Data Modeler Navigator Edition Differences.

To use this product with data models, you should have a working knowledge of database management, entity-relationship diagrams, and IDEF1X and IE data modeling terms. If you are using a data warehousing environment, you should also have a working knowledge of dimensional modeling terms.