Generate Documentation

for SQL Server Databases Easily

Extended information about the database structure

dbForge Documenter extracts extensive database info including a wide range of SQL object types, their details and properties, as well as inter-object dependencies and DDL codes.

Rich customization features

Documenter supports a selection of individual database objects and their properties that will be documented. The tool also contains a rich set of style templates as well as allows changing documentation layout using various Bootstrap themes.

Self-documenting SQL objects

The information about most of database objects is extracted from the extended properties of the objects to which these properties are attributed.

Documenter allows modifying object descriptions or adding them in case they are not specified.

Supported formats

Documenter generates documentation from a database in multiple formats:

• HTML - Hypertext Markup Language file format is suitable for databases to be published on the web
• PDF - Portable Document Format is good for printing and distributing to various systems and devices
• Markdown - a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax that can be converted to many output formats

The formats are searchable, which is especially convenient for large databases.

Searchable documentation

Search for database objects across the generated documentation. As you type the name of a required object in the search field, our SQL Server documentation tool highlights the matching text in the object tree. You can also navigate throughout the documentation via built-in hyperlinks.

SSMS Integration

Documenter can be integrated seamlessly with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio as an SSMS add-in.

Launch our database documentation tool directly from the SSMS Object Explorer without closing the environment.

Command-line interface

• Use the command-line interface or PowerShell to run routine documenting tasks in a single click
• Save your settings as a command-line execution file (.bat) and run it whenever you need
• Schedule .bat file execution with Windows Scheduler