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I need software to map a complex system ...

  • 03-05-2012 11:13am
    #1
    smallBiscuit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭


    OK, I'm looking for suggestions here ....

    I'm documenting one of my customers systems. It's for other people when I'm on holidays, so I don't really want to write a 500 page word document.

    The overall system is made up of about 5 Oracle schema's 2, MS DB's and a bunch of 'stuff' (various web connections, Oracle forms/reports etc, etc)
    I want to have something, where you see just the main systems, (say the primary DB schema) and click on it and see what it is made up of (tables/procedures), then click on a table and see that it connects to a couple of triggers, which go to other tables or over a DB link to another DB or a pull system from a vb app which populates one of the MS DB's.


    I'm thinking of using Visio, but is there a better solution?


    I guess something like mind mapping software?


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  • #2
    smallBiscuit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭smallBiscuit


    nobody has any idea's?


    (this is a sneaky bump, brought to you by a packet of biscuits :D)


  • #3
    Nichololas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Nichololas


    FreeMind is mind-mapping software that might fit your purpose. You can do things like expand node, add links, colours, styles etc. It's pretty handy to use which I guess is necessary since you're going to be adding it all by hand.

    Of course if you were handy with javascript/php you could probably whip up a web interface for showing each system part.

    edit: And whoever's perusing your mindmap will also need to have freemind ..


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