Read a model

3. Read its model

After you picked a report, choose Read this model. Depositori reads the tables, relationships and metrics of the model. It reads definitions, not the rows.

Step 2, after picking a report: the model it uses and the Read this model button

A large model takes a minute. You can leave the page; the read goes on.

What you get

The model appears under Models at the left. It has four pages.

Overview shows what the model holds and which sources it reads.

Catalog lists every table and metric. Type in the filter to find one.

The Catalog with the tables and metrics of the Sales model

Open a metric to see its formula and its lineage: the columns and tables the number comes from.

The lineage of the metric Net Sales after Discounts, from source columns to the metric

Relationships draws the tables and how they are linked. Its tabs Table Lineage and Column Lineage show where each table and column comes from.

Table lineage: the database views each table of the model reads

Compare lines the model up with other formats. Most readers don’t need it.

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