Generate Documentation

for SQL Server Database Easily

Generating SQL Server database documentation has never been simpler. Documenter for SQL Server is a universal software solution that helps automate the creation of your database documentation and customize your documentation according to your needs. With dbForge database documentation tool you can eliminate tedious and time-consuming manual documentation and satisfy audit requirements by keeping complete documentation.

  • Generate SQL database documentation in HTML, PDF and other formats
  • Eliminate tiring and laborious manually creation of documentation
  • Distribute documentation automatically through command-line
  • Customize layout with WYSIWYG based templates
  • View and inspect inter-object dependencies
  • Include or change objects description
  • Display largest tables and indexes
  • Get an overview of the database schema
Features

Extended information about database structure

dbForge Documenter extracts an extensive database info including a wide range of SQL object types, their details, and properties, as well as inter-object dependencies and DDL codes.

The information about the following objects is available in the documentation:
  • owners
  • descriptions
  • properties
  • table and view columns
  • indexes and constraints
  • routine parameters
  • creation script
  • object dependencies
Broad picture of database structure

Rich customization features

Documenter supports a selection of individual database objects and their properties that will be documented. The tool also contains a rich set of style templates as well as allows changing documentation layout using various Bootstrap themes.

Rich customization features

Self-documenting SQL objects

The information about most of database objects is extracted from the extended properties of the objects to which these properties are attributed.

The documenter tool allows to modify an object description as well as add it if the object description is not specified.

Extended properties support

Formats supported

Documenter generates documents from a database in multiple formats:

  • HTML - Hypertext Markup Language file format is suited for databases to be published on the web.
  • PDF - Portable Document Format is good for printing and distributing to various systems and devices.
  • Markdown - a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax that can be converted to many output formats.

The formats are searchable, which is very convenient especially for large databases.

Formats supported

Searchable documentation

Search across the generated documentation for database objects. As you type the name of a required object in the search field, dbForge SQL Server documentation tool highlights the matching text in the object tree. You can also navigate throughout the documentation via build-in hyperlinks.

Searchable documentation

SSMS Integration

Documenter integrates seamlessly with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio as an SSMS add-in.

Launch the database documentation tool directly from the SSMS Object Explorer without closing the environment.

SSMS Integration

Explore Examples

Study example documentation generated by dbForge Documenter for the AdventureWorks and WideWorldImporters sample databases and see what the tool can do.
Adventure Works 2017 HTML Documentation
Adventure Works 2017 PDF Documentation
WideWorldImporters PDF Documentation
WideWorldImporters HLML Documentation

Documenter is a part of Developer Bundle

Developer Bundle includes a pack of essential SSMS add-ins and tools

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Takes part in DevOps Automation

Use Documenter along with dbForge DevOps Automation for SQL Server to extend DevOps practices to SQL Server databases. The solution helps optimizing productivity, reducing database release costs, and making the overall workflow consistent and safe.

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