| Azure SQL Database (most tools) |
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| SQL Server on Amazon RDS (most tools) |
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| SQL Server Standard and SQL Server Enterprise |
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| SQL Server Express (most tools) |
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| Source control |
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| SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) |
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| Visual Studio |
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| ApexSQL (proprietary) schema snapshot |
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| Live database |
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| Native backup |
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| Script folder |
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| Source control project |
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| Source control label |
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| 3rd party backup |
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| Database installer, package (e.g. Executable installer, C# solution) |
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| Script folder |
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| Source control project |
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| SQL script |
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| Source control label |
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| Command line interface |
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| Projects |
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| Save as batch |
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| Supporting all popular systems natively vs CLI |
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| Working with source control labels |
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| Working with static data |
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| Git |
Native |
Native |
| Subversion |
Native |
Native |
| Team Foundation Server |
Native |
Native |
| Mercurial |
Native |
CLI |
| Perforce |
Native |
CLI |
| Working with Git branches |
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| Database deployment directly from source control |
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| Multiple script consolidation |
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| Script refactoring (for proper execution order) |
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| Archive all output files in a central folder |
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| Automatically create rollback scripts |
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| Build a database directly from source control |
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| Build server PowerShell integration |
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| Check for invalid objects |
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| Create deployment package |
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| Document and report on changes |
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| Generate synthetic test data |
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| Get notified when changes are detected in source control, before a build starts |
2017 R2 |
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| Include static data in builds |
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| Native plugins (Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity, TFS/VSTS) |
2017 R2 |
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| PowerShell cmdlets |
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| Publish NuGet packages |
2017 R2 |
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| Run SQL unit tests |
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| Synchronize target database with source control |
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| Trigger an automated build on changes in source control |
2017 R2 |
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| Audit sensitive tables with DML triggers |
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| Customizable data sources |
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| Documentation of database changes only |
2017 R2 |
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| Flexible pipeline creation |
2017 R2 |
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| Forecast build with a rules-based review |
2017 R2 |
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| Web dashboard |
2017 R2 |
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| Custom comparison key |
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| Data compare filters |
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| Export (CSV) |
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| Impact analysis e.g. warnings and messages |
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| Object mapping |
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| Schema mapping |
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| Source control integration |
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| Pre and post synchronization scripts |
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| Report (Excel) |
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| Reports (HTML) |
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| Graphical dependency analysis |
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| Client code analysis e.g. C#, Java |
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| External database analysis |
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| Database objects |
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| Dependency documentation |
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| Extended property editor |
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| Server objects |
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| XML comments (custom tags) |
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| CHM output |
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| HTML output |
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| PDF output |
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| Word (DOCX) output |
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| Analysis services (SSAS) documentation |
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| Custom descriptions via extended properties |
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| Data model diagrams |
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| Database schema snapshot documentation |
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| Documentation styles |
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| Graphical dependencies |
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| Integration services (SSIS) documentation |
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| Reporting services (SSRS) documentation |
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| SharePoint server documentation |
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| Tableau server documentation |
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| SQL Server level information |
2017 R8 |
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| SQL Server level properties snapshot documentation |
2017 R8 |
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| Decryption scripts |
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| Object decryption |
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| Code structure viewer |
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| Copy query result as |
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| Execution alerts |
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| Export result grid data to Excel |
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| Locating objects |
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| Object definition |
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| Object description |
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| Snippets |
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| SQL code auto-completion |
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| Tab coloring |
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| Tab navigation |
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| Tooltips |
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| Automatic tab renaming |
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| CRUD procedures |
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| Executed queries |
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| Go to object |
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| Results search |
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| SQL code auto-replacements |
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| Test mode |
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| Block-by-block compare |
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| Char-by-char compare |
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| File compare |
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| Folder compare |
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| HTML report |
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| Ignore script options |
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| Line-by-line compare |
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| SQL Server object compare |
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| Syntax highlighting |
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| Two-way comparison and merge |
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| Database design |
2017 R1 |
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| Diagramming |
2017 R1 |
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| Export diagrams (JPEG, PNG, BMP) |
2017 R1 |
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| Forward engineering |
2017 R1 |
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| Logical data model |
2017 R1 |
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| Model comparison |
2017 R1 |
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| Model conversion |
2017 R1 |
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| Model synchronization |
2017 R1 |
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| Physical data model |
2017 R1 |
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| Reports |
2017 R1 |
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| Reverse engineering |
2017 R1 |
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| Visualization |
2017 R1 |
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| Filterable difference types |
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| Schema mapping |
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| Source control integration |
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| Export (XML) |
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| Report (Excel) |
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| Reports (HTML) |
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| Create snapshot or rollback script prior to synchronization |
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| Create script folder backup prior to synchronization |
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| Export comparison results (SQL and database) |
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| Integration services (SSIS) package comparison |
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| Pre and post synchronization scripts |
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| Data scripting |
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| Permissions scripting |
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| Schema mapping |
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| Schema scripting |
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| Source control integration |
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| Object search |
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| Extended properties editor |
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| Graphical dependency analysis |
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| Safe renaming of objects |
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| Text search |
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| Branching / merging |
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| Change logging |
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| Comparison and synchronization options |
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| Dedicated development model |
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| Local folder |
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| Migration scripts |
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| Object filtering |
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| Object locking |
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| Revision history and change rollback |
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| Shared development model |
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| Static data |
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| Built-in difference merging |
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| Checking out an object |
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| Labels |
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| Object status |
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| Policies |
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| Supporting all popular systems natively vs CLI |
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| Find unused variables and parameters |
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| Object name qualifying |
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| Safe renaming of objects |
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| Split table |
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| Wildcard replacement |
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| Add surrogate key |
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| Batch refactoring (expand wildcards, qualify object names) |
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| Change parameters |
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| Copy SQL code to client code e.g. C# |
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| Encapsulate SQL code as e.g. Procedure, Function etc |
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| Replace one-to-many-relationship |
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| Pre-defined formatting profiles e.g. SQL Server Books Online |
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| Batch formatting |
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| Impact preview |
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| Obfuscation |
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| Exports (CSV, Excel) |
2017 |
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| Report (XML) |
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| Unit test creation |
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| Unit test execution |
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| Constraints recognition (check, unique, relationships…) |
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| Cross-column generator with built-in functions |
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| Incremental generator |
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| Manual Foreign key generator |
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| Predefined generators |
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| Regular expression generator with predefined snippets |
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| Table mapping (from SQL table/view or CSV file) |
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| Test data generation by time |
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| Weighted lists (custom or from file) |
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| Dependency viewer |
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| Exports (XML, SQL, CSV, JSON and Excel) |
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| "Filler" text generators (Lorem ipsum, text shuffler, and sentence generator) |
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| Include/exclude dependent tables |
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| User-defined generators |
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| DDL auditing |
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| Email alert upon changes |
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| Audited data management |
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| Auditing customization |
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| Auditing reports |
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| Auditing reports customization |
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| Auditing triggers management |
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| Centralized auditing model |
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