What's new in SAP Mobile Services - OData CSDL modeler 1.0.9

[Xiao-fei_Song]

In this blog post, we'll introduce the latest UI change for SAP Mobile Services - OData CSDL Modeler version 1.0.9.

What's new in SAP Mobile Services - OData CSDL modeler 1.0.9

In the latest release of SAP Mobile Services - OData CSDL Modeler version 1.0.9 in OData CSDL modeler in VSCODE Marketplace, the modeler will use straight lines in the diagram as connectors rather than the curve ones, so it provides a much easier user experience in terms of visualization for medium or large size of CSDL/EDMX model.

and if you click "Hide Details" toolbar button:

the modeler will show a compact view for the CSDL model:

The other update of CSDL modeler is that the modeler is available on SAP Business Application Studio now. You can create any types of dev space in SAP Business Application Studio and start to visualize your CSDL/EDMX documents using the modeler in your development environment:

Summary

As a summary, the new release of SAP Mobile Services - OData CSDL modeler 1.0.9 uses straight connectors in the diagram and compact view in the diagram so that it provides an easier user experience in order to visualize medium or large size of CSDL models. And the CSDL modeler is available on SAP Business Application Studio as well and you can start using it to visualize your OData CSDL model in any types of dev space created in application studio.

[nils-lutz]

I dont get the connection between SAP Mobile Services and a VScode/BAS extension which visualizes OData models. Is this a typo?

Another point, is it possible to make the line style an extension setting, so we could decide on our own which style is used?

[Xiao-fei_Song]

Hi Nils,

OData CSDL modeler is part of SAP Mobile Services portfolio and is part of SAP Mobile Back-end Tools. The CSDL modeler is the visual modeler for CSDL document of an oData producer which is generated by the Mobile Backend Tools. And mobile backent tools are there to bring OData delta tokens to backends which are not delta enabled. You can find more details from https://help.sap.com/doc/f53c64b93e5140918d676b927a3cd65b/Cloud/en-US/docs-en/guides/getting-started...

In the upcoming release of CDS Graphical Modeler, we would allow the user to choose connector type either as "straight" or "curve" through VSCODE user settings, but we dont' offer the same for OData CSDL modeler.

Regards,

Xiao-fei