New Features and Enhancements

Following new features and enhancements are available in erwin Data Modeler and erwin Mart Server 2020 R2.

DM Connect for DI

Central NSM

Snowflake Support

MariaDB Support

JDBC Support for SQL Server, Snowflake, SAP ASE, and SQL Azure

Oracle 11g Support Dropped

Third Party Tools

The list includes a brief description and wherever relevant, a reference to more information about each feature.

DM Connect for DI

erwin now offers an integration, DM Connect for DI, between erwin Data Modeler (DM) and erwin Data Intelligence Suite (DI Suite). This offering enables you to sync data between erwin DM and erwin DI Suite using erwin Mart Administrator as an interface; thus maintaining a single metadata and glossary source.

Central NSM

erwin Mart now lets you save NSM files centrally in the CSV format. You can import and attach these files to models in erwin Mart Administrator. If required, you can edit them in erwin Mart Administrator and sync them to a model in erwin Data Modeler or utilize as business assets (business term) in erwin Data Intelligence Suite.

Snowflake Support

erwin Data Modeler now supports Snowflake 4.10.x as a target database. For information on supported objects and data types, refer Snowflake 4.10.x.

MariaDB Support

erwin Data Modeler now supports MariaDB 10.x as a target database. For information on supported objects and data types, refer MariaDB 10.x.

JDBC Support for SQL Server, Snowflake, SAP ASE, and SQL Azure

erwin Data Modeler now includes Codemesh-based JDBC support for SQL Server, Snowflake, SAP ASE, and SQL Azure database connectivity. For more information, refer Database Connection Parameters.

Oracle 11g Support Dropped

Starting release 2020 R2, Oracle 11g support has been dropped for erwin Mart Server.
Oracle 12c R2 or higher versions of Oracle continue to be supported.

Third Party Tools

Support for several third-party tools has been upgraded to newer versions as follows:

  • Tomcat v9.0.35
  • AdoptOpenJDK (build 11.0.6+10)
  • OpenSSL 1.1.1c