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- So what’s the catch? None! Whitemarsh has been developing and using various forms of its Metabase since the late 1970s. We have learned from all our customers over the years just what successful database projects need, in what form, and how Metabase metadata can be brought to bear to increase productivity and quality, and, at the same time, reduce cost and risk. We simply what to share what our clients have taught us.
- How many metabases can I build? Just one. This is our single-metabase and single-user version.
- Can I have multiple metabase systems in the Enterprise at the same time? Yes you can. You can download and deploy as many copies as you wish. Each is restricted to a single metabase database, and can be used by only one user at a time. Multiple users? Yes, just not concurrently.
- How can I report from the Metabase? Any ODBC SQL DBMS accessible report writer will do just fine. For example, you can use Crystal Reports. We have 75+ Crystal Reports “rpt” files. These metabase reports can be run directly, or accessed through the internet. They are downloadable from the Metabase page.
- How can I integrate metadata from multiple metabases? That’s accomplished through our muti-metabase and multi-user version. Before contacting us for that version, we want you to download and use the single-metabase, single-user version to discover increased productivity, increased quality, decreased risk, and decreased cost. By the way, our prices for the multi-metabase and multi-user version are exceptionally reasonable; commonly cheaper than the majority of ER modeling tools.
- Can I export my metadata once I build it, or am I trapped? You are not trapped! You can absolutely export your metadata. Every metabase database is supported by an explicit SQL schema. Just use an SQL DBMS export utility.
- Where can I get the SQL DBMS to run this Free Metabase? For this version, we recommend that you download and install the SQL DBMS, Mimer. It’s their 10 concurrent user version. Metabase’s install instructions tell you what to do, step by step. We also provide the Metabase’s SQL DDL. We can help you deploy Metabase through any SQL DBMS.
- How can I export Metabase data and load it into another SQL DBMS? Just use the SQL DBMS export utilities to get the metabase metadata into the “Insert Values format” and use a bulk data loader. Any DBA should be able to do this.
- Where can I get Metabase User Guides? You can download our extensive user guides from the Metabase page.
- Where can I get on-line community support for the Metabase? We automatically enroll you into our Metabase Users Group that provides support.
Convinced? Good, now go to the Request Metabase page.
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