SQL Developer Data Modeler suggestions

Question

Not sure where to post this (unable to connect to the blog from work due to network restrictions), hope this is the correct forum.
I am testing out the Data Modeler product. I've got a large database that I want to reverse engineer, then work with the resulting model. I used the import feature which successfully imported all 1849 tables from my schema. However, this created a diagram which wasn't really useful. A couple of things I believe would be useful.
1. Add better connectivity between the browser that shows the table listing and the diagram. When I click on a table, I'd like the corresponding element in the diagram to be highlighted (and vice-versa). Also, an option to have the diagram show that table would be useful (maybe a ctrl-click or shift-click).
2. Subviews - I don't see an easy way to add to a subview once it is created. So, add an option to the browser and diagram right-click menu to "Add to SubDiagram". Currently the diagram allows you to create a subdiagram, I didn't see an add option.
3. More keyboard shortcuts. Specifically, CTRL-Z to undo, CTRL-Y to repeat.
4. Defined column types. You've got naming rules, but I'd like to be able to define columns as a predefined type, like "Dollar Amount", which would make my column become a number(9.2) or something like that.
That's it for now - may be more to come.
Don

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks for the feedback. Most of these are in the product:
+1. Add better connectivity between the browser that shows the table listing and the diagram. When I click on a table, I'd like the corresponding element in the diagram to be highlighted (and vice-versa). Also, an option to have the diagram show that table would be useful (maybe a ctrl-click or shift-click).+
Go to Tools > General Options: Select Diagram and check the synchronize with tree option.
+2. Subviews - I don't see an easy way to add to a subview once it is created. So, add an option to the browser and diagram right-click menu to "Add to SubDiagram". Currently the diagram allows you to create a subdiagram, I didn't see an add option.+
There are threads in the forum about subviews and you can look at the demos available online on the [Data Modeler|http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/datamodeler/index.html] page - we'll be adding more, but the import from Data Dictionary demo talks about subviews.
In short, select a few objects, right-click and create subview from selected, or right-click on the subview node in the browser and select new subview, and then drag the tables you want onto the new diagram.
+3. More keyboard shortcuts. Specifically, CTRL-Z to undo, CTRL-Y to repeat.+
We will be adding more shortcut keys.
+4. Defined column types. You've got naming rules, but I'd like to be able to define columns as a predefined type, like "Dollar Amount", which would make my column become a number(9.2) or something like that.+
These are Domains. Select Tools > Domains Administration, and add your domains.
I'm working on adding short demos for all these features and we'll build these up over time.
Sue