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Changelog

2026

User Connections support all Databases

June

All databases with direct connect now supported in User Connections

AI Credit Allocation and Usage Governance

June

Allocate AI credits across users from a shared organizational pool, with visibility into assigned, consumed, and remaining balances.

Slack integration

June

Route account-level notifications to Slack for team visibility while maintaining security alerts via email.

Semantic Models (beta)

June

Design a governed, AI-ready semantic layer directly alongside their physical model and forward-engineer it into Snowflake Semantic YAML

Context folder for SqlDBM Copilot

May

The SqlDBM Copilot Context Folder processes uploaded files (Excel, CSV, SQL, Images, PDF) to extract and analyze data models, DDL, documentation, and diagrams.

AI-generated summaries

May

The SqlDBM Copilot now adds AI-generated summaries to the Compare Revisions and Forward Engineering screens.

The SqlDBM MCP server is here

May

Your data model, now readable by AI. The model your team built in SqlDBM becomes the source of truth your AI reads its context from.

Table Templates for Views and Dynamic Tables + SQL

May

Auto-generate Snowflake views and tables from YAML templates, reducing SQL effort from hours to seconds.

BigQuery enhancements

May

Full support for ARRAY and RANGE types (including arrays of structs), property-level Compare that goes beyond plain-text diffing, and editable columns and descriptions on views.

Virtual Constraints and Relationships for Views and Dynamic Tables

April

Views now support Virtual Primary Keys and Virtual Business Keys

Dbt Indicators and Quick-Filters on Forward Engineering

April

Forward Engineering now adds quick-filters to instantly isolate dbt sources and models

Excel Support for Snowflake Dynamic, Hybrid, and Iceberg Tables

April

Snowflake Excel upload support for Dynamic, Hybrid and Iceberg tables

Data types for Views and Dynamic tables

April

Views and Dynamic Tables now support visible, editable data types as metadata

POST API

April

For automated, system-driven project changes

Redshift views

March

Redshift news and native syntax support

Database object support

March

SqlDBM now supports database.schema.object naming for greater modeling precision.

Organize projects with nested folders

March

You can now group projects into dashboard folders with unlimited nesting.

Import dbt Refs as Dependencies

March

Uploading a dbt manifest now creates virtual dependency relationships from dbt refs.

Logical Source Traceability

March

Connect physical objects back to logical models.

Embed Governance Reports

March

Embed documentation anywhere.

dbt import manifest

February

Bridge the gap between your data models and dbt projects with dbt Manifest Import

New relationship types

February

Model logical joins and data lineage with new virtual relationships

Revamped Forward Engineering screen

January

The FE screen is now more streamlined and intuitive

2025

Diagram enhancements

December

Improved auto-layout, snap-to-grid, alignment guides, and full line reshaping!

Case standards delimiters

December

Fine-tune word boundaries for control over underscores, numbers, and case changes

Workflow improvements

December

FK linking respects column position, and Explorer menus allow Shift+Click multi-select

AI Copilot · beta

November

An AI data modeling assistant that supercharges your productivity

ERwin conversion · beta

November

Migrate objects, diagrams, and subject areas from ERwin to SqlDBM

Enhanced column selection

November

Support for select-all (Ctrl+A) and multiselect (Shift+click) on columns

Exempt Objects From Standards

September

Flag objects to ignore naming, case, or glossary rules

Added Functionality for Snowflake’s New Object Types

September

Iceberg, Dynamic, and Hybrid tables supported in Database Documentation and compare

Model Governance

September

Fields and Pages editing and merging in Concurrent Working branches

Snowflake Iceberg Tables

September

Full native support for all catalog types and properties

Snowflake Hybrid Tables

September

Full native support for all properties and indexes

Snowflake Dynamic Tables

August

Full native support for Dynamic tables, their logic, and properties

Global Reference Selective Sharing

August

Exclude items from Global Reference at object or schema level

Drag-and-drop

August

Drag-and-drop functionality for objects in Diagram Explorer

Performance enhancements

August

Cancel/reselect revisions mid-compare and schema filtering on Database Documentation

Global Standards

July

Map predefined standards to your existing projects

New URL field type

July

Navigable links can now be included alongside your objects

Manage fields from diagrams

July

Model Governance fields are now easily accessible directly from the diagram

Display FKs between referenced objects

June

View existing relationships among global objects without needing to navigate away from the local project

Snowflake compare by properties

June

Performance and visual improvements using properties instead of text

New Glossary rules

May

Apply rules to physical and/or logical names or set inactive

Logical Naming conventions

May

Case standards for logical names

Iframe

March

iFrame embeds for projects in third-party systems

Snowflake views

March

Snowflake views on the diagram with editable columns and parameters

Foreign key linking

March

Enhanced foreign key linking experience

New Snowflake object parser

February

Snowflake revamped object parser offers faster performance

dbt git push

February

Push dbt source & model YAML to git in Forward Engineering

Multi-git support

January

Added support for multiple repos in push-to-git

UI enhancements

January

Simplified UI for Foreign Keys and Relationships