Welcome to ER/Studio Data Architect 20.3.x

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Thank you for using IDERA ER/Studio Data Architect, previously known as ER/Studio, the award-winning data modeling application for logical, and physical database design and construction. ER/Studio Data Architect's (ER/Studio DA) powerful, multi-level design environment addresses the everyday needs of database administrators, developers, and data architects who build and maintain large, complex database applications.

ER/Studio DA's progressive interface and processes have been logically organized to effectively address the ease-of-use issues that have plagued data modeling tools for the past decade. The application facilitates your ability to create, understand, and manage the mission-critical database designs within an enterprise. It offers strong logical design capabilities, bidirectional synchronization of logical and physical designs, automatic database construction, accurate reverse engineering of databases, and powerful HTML-based documentation and reporting facilities. Before you use ER/Studio, please read the information below.

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WHAT'S NEW in version 20.3

Adds support for Git

Adds support for RSA SecureID single sign-on (SSO)

Updates the user experience to connect with Okta SSO

Adds support for a Service principal account

Improves Security Audit Trail reporting

Release Notes

Important Release Advisory

Important Installation Notes

Bug Fixes and Known Issues

Upgrade Instructions

Upgrading from ER/Studio Portal to Team Server

Upgrades for ER/Studio Repository Users

Upgrades for version of ER/Studio Repository prior to 2016

Additional Resources

Licensing Your IDERA Product

IDERA Product Support

IDERA Technical Support

IDERA on the Web

What's New in Version 20.3

Adds support for Git

ER/Studio Data Architect 20.3 allows you to deploy a Devops process by integrating Data Architect with your Git repository. This feature allows you to commit CREATE DDL to your Git repository as well as use the Compare/Merge functionality to compare models with previous versions of that CREATE DDL in your Git repository. You can get started in setting up your Git integration by clicking the Git Options button in the Tools menu. You must be in the Physical Model view for this option to appear.

Adds support for RSA SecureID single sign-on (SSO)

This release of ER/Studio Team Server includes support for RSA SecureID single sign-on (SSO). In the Configurator, select Use SSO, and then select RSA Secure ID from the Select SSO Provider list. Note that the fields change based on this selection. Be sure to complete these fields as necessary for your SSO provider.

Updates the user experience to connect with Okta SSO

ER/Studio Team Server's support of Okta SSO is expanded, with the ability for users to manage dynamic Authorization and Scope data. These details are added during setup using the Team Server Configurator or managed using the process available in Configuring Your Okta SSO Provider.

Adds support for a Service principal account

ER/Studio Team Server now supports a Service principal account for Microsoft Entra as an alternative to basic authentication for the Team Server backend database. In the Configurator, select MS Azure SQL DB. Notice the Service Principal Authentication check box and associated fields appear. Note that the user account adding this information must have Create database privileges. In addition, the user account must have the Log on as a service permission on the local app server as the Repository services are changed to run under that account in order to connect to the database using Service Principal authentication. If the account does not have this permission, you will receive an error when testing the connection.

Complete the following fields:

·        Client ID and Client Secret. Type the Azure AD service principal client ID and secret.

·        Database. Specify the name of the database that you want to create for a new installation or update the name in the case of an upgrade.

Once you complete these fields, click Test to verify your entries. Click Next to continue.

Improves Security Audit Trail reporting

Security Audit logging in Team Server is improved with this release. In the Configurator, go to the Repository Setting page, and then check the box for Enable Activity Logs to enable additional audit logging of model changes and security updates. Make sure to click Next, and then finish the Configurator for the changes to take effect. In addition, you must open services.msc, and then restart the Idera Repository Database Server service.

Release Notes

Important Release Advisory


To ensure compatibility with ER/Studio Repository synchronization, this version of ER/Studio Data Architect requires ER/Studio Repository (Team Server) version 19.1 or later for all Repository operations.

ER/Studio Portal is no longer supported by ER/Studio Data Architect. Most functionality formerly provided by ER/Studio Portal is now provided by ER/Studio Team Server. Users that formerly used the Repository tab to browse the portal can use a Web browser instead.

License Enforcement

When working with the Repository, all users must use the same license type. ER/Studio now enforces this by marking the Repository as an Enterprise Team Edition Repository when a user with an Enterprise Team Edition license logs in. Subsequent log in attempts by users with a non-Team Edition license will not be allowed

Important Installation Notes


Bug Fixes and known issues


For the more recent list of known issues and bug fixes in this release, see http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/ERStudioDA/203/en/Release_Notes.

Upgrade Instructions

Upgrading from ER/Studio Portal to ER/Studio Team Server


For detailed instructions on upgrading to Team Server, see Install or Upgrade Team Server and Repository.

Upgrades for ER/Studio Repository users


To use the repository with this release, you will need to be running ER/Studio Repository (Team Server) 19.0 or later.

Upgrades for version of ER/Studio Repository prior to 2016


Repository is now installed as part of Team Server. To upgrade an earlier version of Repository, please see About Team Server and Repository Upgrade.

Additional Resources

Licensing Your IDERA Product

All IDERA products include a 14-day trial period. To continue using the product without interruption, we recommend that you license it as soon as possible. For information on licensing your product, refer to the Quick Start Guide. If you have not yet purchased this product, contact [email protected].

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