A Modern Alternative to Command-Line SAP MaxDB Tools

SAP MaxDB — SAPDB, when it started — still carries production R/3, ECC, and NetWeaver installations while most tooling around it stayed on the command line. DbSchema gives Basis administrators and developers a visual way to explore, query, and document those schemas.

Tables, views, and constraints from the catalog, as a diagram
MaxDB's SQL dialect and stored procedures in a desktop editor
Schema differences between instances across SAP landscapes
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DbSchema opening an SAP MaxDB schema as an interactive diagram

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The Database Outlived
Its Own Ecosystem

MaxDB estates run quietly under SAP applications year after year, administered through terminal utilities, documented — if at all — in spreadsheets kept current by hand. Hundreds of interdependent tables, and no picture of how they connect.

DbSchema reads the MaxDB catalog and produces that picture: an interactive diagram of tables, views, and foreign-key constraints, ready to explore.

Rediscover, Edit & Compare
MaxDB Schemas Visually

Graphical tooling where terminal utilities used to be the only option.

Reverse engineer the SAP MaxDB catalog into an ER diagram

The Catalog, Back in View

Connect and DbSchema draws tables, views, and foreign-key constraints — interdependencies that system queries alone would leave you tracing for days.

Edit SAP MaxDB tables through a graphical interface

Point-and-Click Table Editing

Adjust table structures and column definitions in dialogs instead of DDL typed blind, and arrange large schemas into focused diagram layouts.

Compare SAP MaxDB schemas across SAP landscapes

Consistency Across the Landscape

Compare schema differences between MaxDB instances — QA against production, site against site — and get a precise list of what diverged.

Retire the Schema Spreadsheet
Publish a Browsable Reference

Where MaxDB documentation used to mean system-generated exports or hand-maintained sheets, DbSchema generates navigable HTML from the live schema: table descriptions, column data types, indexes, and relationship diagrams. Auditors and new team members get a structural reference that is actually current.

Explore the Documentation Tool

Navigable HTML documentation generated from an SAP MaxDB schema

What a MaxDB Connection Needs

Fetch the SAP MaxDB JDBC driver from the MaxDB developer tools package on the SAP Community Network and register the JAR under Connections > Manage Drivers — the driver class is com.sap.dbtech.jdbc.DriverSapDB. Host, port 7210 (the default), and database name combine into jdbc:sapdb://host:7210/dbname.

The MaxDB X Server service must be running and accepting TCP connections on that port before DbSchema can connect. Setup steps live on the SAP MaxDB JDBC driver page.