Visualize your Data with GraphViz

Ever wanted to visualize your  database information ?

here is a quick answer:

SQL –> XML –> XSL trasnformation–> DOT –> GraphViz –> JPEG/PDF

I work theses days with Siebel CRM system.  It is very configurable in how you want to store your data and display them.

One thing about Siebel Configuration, is that you can overload one table with multiple entities.  Each Siebel customization could be different in how you organize your entities into tables. So I had a problem in really understanding how the system was developed. Cases like which type of records link to which entities in the same table or other tables.

I was looking for someway to visualize Entity relation based on the data that is there in the Database -I’m not talking about Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)- I’m talking about how certain customers relate to each others and to their addresses.

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