What's New in erwin ER360

This topic walks you through the new features and enhancements in the following releases of erwin ER360.

15.0

Worksheet

The Worksheet module has undergone several enhancements as follows:

  • MetaQL Support: You can now use a lightweight query language, MetaQL, for complex metadata queries.

  • User-defined Properties: User-defined properties (UDPs) are now available.

  • Advanced Filters: The filters are now enhanced under Common Attributes, Object Attributes, and User Defined Properties.

For more information, refer to the Worksheets topic.

Global Search

Global search now supports advanced query syntax that enables granular and targeted search. Apart from this, search strings now support Boolean and structured search patterns. For more information, refer to the Global Search topic.

Metadata Indexing

Metadata Indexing is now automated via the Index Metadata module.

Diagram View

Several enhancements have been made to the diagram view:

  • The appearance and structure of models harvested from erwin Data Modeler (erwin DM) is visually consistent in ER360, ensuring seamless continuity between Logical and Physical Views.

  • Super Type–Sub Type relationships are now available, allowing users to clearly model generalization/specialization hierarchies in logical models.

  • All object properties, including User-defined properties (UDPs), are now available under Object Properties.

For more information, refer to the Browse Metadata topic.

15.1

erwin ER360 15.1 has undergone following enhancements:

  • Object-level CSV and Excel Export: While browsing Metadata, you can now export data directly from cards using the Download CSV and Download Excel icons—making it easier to extract object-specific data. Previously, export options were only available at the model level.

  • Permissions added for Collections, Worksheets, and Views: To improve access control, two new permissions have been added:

    • View: Allows you to see shared items without modifying them.

    • Shared Delete: Enables you to delete shared items only when explicitly granted permission.

    Previously, only Create and Edit permissions were available.

  • Display Name in Collections and Views: Display Names are now shown instead of usernames across Collections and Views, making user identification clearer and more intuitive. This also applies when selecting users to share views and collections with them.

  • Validation Rule Cards for Columns: Validation rule cards are now displayed for applicable columns while browsing metadata.

  • Improved ER Diagrams: The ER Diagram now renders bend points and subtype discriminators for relationships, improving diagram clarity and the visual representation of inheritance structures. To enable subtype discriminators, in erwin DM, in the ER Diagram Editor, under the Relationship tab, select Display Subtype Discriminator.

    For these changes to reflect in the ER diagrams of existing models, you must reharvest your models.

15.2

erwin ER360 15.2 has the following new feature and enhancement:

REST API Report and Access Token

You can now generate Access Tokens to authenticate requests for accessing the erwin ER360 REST API services via new Token option available in the User Account setting. Using this token, you can generate Catalog reports via an API endpoint.

Shortcut and Clone Icon

When a model with shortcut and clone entities is harvested to erwin ER360, the shortcut and clone icons can be viewed in the ER diagram.