XrmToolBox - Dataverse export Entity Relation Diagram

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Dataverse export Entity Relation Diagram:

In Dynamics 365, we have many entities with relationships. Sometimes, we need to see the overview of those relationships in a more graphical way. We have some popular ways to archive this:

Use medata to generate (Official docs by Microsoft)
For more information you can go to this article Use metadata to generate entity diagrams
Use Entity Relation Diagram Creator tool from XrmToolBox: I will show you how to do it in this article!

Prerequisite: Know how to install XrmToolBox. Or you can go to XrmToolBox - View Designer to see how to use XrmToolBox

Step 1: Install Entity Relation Diagram

Dataverse export Entity Relation Diagram

Step 2: Overview main feature of the tool

Step 3: Load solution or load entity

In this tool you can load all entities in the environment or you can just load entity in the solution.

Step 4: Add setting before generate diagram

Explain each options:

Field to show	Five options: Custom fields from publisher Custom fields from all publisher All fields Key field only No fields
Show collapsed entities	Show entities in collapsed view
Show data types in entities	Show fields with data type
Show friendly names in entities	Show entity display name (rarely use)
Show fieldname in relationship	Show relationship field name
Show name of many-to-many relationship	Show relationship name
Show related entities outside solution (Ghosted relationship)	If you choose to create a diagram from solution and you need to know the relationship of an entity in solution with the entity outside of currently selected solution
Hide unpublished customizations