Can you build your own custom ERD import in Lucid?

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I know I can use the ERD Import and this does work for the basics. But I am looking to build out a more logical ERD where I can import, Tables, Views, Stored Procedures and potentially show other objects. Then in the view they can be represented similar to the ERD diagram, but a relationship from Stored Procedure and (Table or View) is more logical than it is something specific like a foreign key.

So my question is can we build our own shapes with our own import format and build a different version of the ERD or is import entirely controlled by Lucid and no way for us to do customized imports?

Richard Udell · Accepted Answer

Hi ​@gsaunders, I’ve moved your question to the Lucid for Developers Community, as this topic is a perfect fit for our Developer Platform.It's a great question. While you can create custom diagrams using our Standard Import (JSON) API, you've run into a known limitation: our native ERD shapes are not supported there.The good news is you could probablystill achieve your goal of building a logical ERD with Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures. The recommended approach is to programmatically build the visual representation of these objects using other supported shapes. As discussed in the community post below, the Table shape would be a good building block for this.This has been touched on in this other post, which I recommend checking out for more details. Feel free to comment in either threadwith any further questions you may have.

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