To use autoarrange go to menu, select Arrange and Autolayout.
To arrange tables you can try autoarrange option, but you'll need some manual work on top of that. To remove table from diagram select it, right click and choose Remove Figure option.īe careful not to choose Delete option as it will remove table not only form diagram but also your model catalog. What you probably want to do right after you created a default diagram is to remove unnecessary tables and views and arrange tables to make it easier to grasp. When the process ends with success you get a new model (more about models here) with default diagram with all tables and views. Final screen shows you a summary of the import. Wait for reverse engineering to take place and when done continue with Next. On next screen you have an option to select object types and filter specific objects. Wait for the schemas being read and continue with Next. Select the ones you want to reverse engineer. When successfully connected wizard will show you list of available schemas on the server. Wait for the connection and click Next again. Provide connection details to your database and click Next. To reverse engineer database go to menu Database and choose Reverse Engineer. Learn about reverse engineering and models in MySQL Workbench
To create a diagram from existing database you need to use reverse engineering functionality to create a model.
Create a database workbench in mysql how to#
This artcle will show you how to create a diagram for existing MySQL or MariaDB database using MySQL Workbench.