The usual approach
Knowing what depends on what is essential for impact analysis, compliance, and confident migration. But mapping those dependencies by hand is painstaking, error-prone, and out of date the moment someone changes a procedure.
See the blast radius before you change anything
SQL Tran maps every object dependency: what each table, view, procedure, and function depends on, and everything that depends on it. Instantly available. Automatically maintained. Updated in real time as your code changes.
The SQL Tran approach
SQL Tran builds a complete object dependency map automatically as a natural output of its static analysis engine. Nothing to configure. No extra step to run. No separate tool to buy. It is simply there, for every object, updated in real time.
How it works
Bidirectional dependencies, live
When the static analysis engine resolves references across your codebase, it connects every object to the ones it reads from and writes to. From source tables through views, joins, expressions, and procedure logic, all the way to wherever the data ultimately lands.
Upstream
What tables, views, procedures, and functions this object reads from. Trace any object back to the sources it depends on across the entire dependency chain.
Downstream
What objects consume data from this object. See the full blast radius of any change: renaming a column, modifying a view, deprecating a table.
Live updates
The dependency map reflects the current state of your code in real time. Edit code, and the map updates immediately. No manual refresh required.
Broken dependency detection
If a reference in the dependency chain points to something that no longer exists, SQL Tran highlights the break immediately. See exactly where the chain is broken.
Zero configuration
No setup required. Dependency mapping is a built-in output of static analysis, available in both source and target views for side-by-side comparison.
Key benefits
- Object-level dependency mapping across every table, view, procedure, and function
- Bidirectional: trace data upstream to its source or downstream to every consumer
- Impact analysis in seconds. See the blast radius of any change instantly.
- Broken references in the dependency chain flagged immediately
See every dependency in your database
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