Conceptual Model Conversion - Ellie Version 4.7 Release
Ellie 4.7 introduces one-click Conceptual-to-Logical model conversion, letting teams generate a first-draft logical model directly from an existing conceptual model.
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Thinking on semantic data modeling and the universal semantic layer, plus release notes on what's new in Ellie.
Logical Data Model Import - Ellie Version 4.6 Release
Ellie 4.6 adds a Logical Model Import API that turns a JSON export of entities, relationships, and attributes from any source system into an auto-drawn logical model, aimed at reverse-engineering legacy databases and linking them back to Glossary business terms. Open-source Snowflake and PostgreSQL ingestion scripts in Python and JavaScript are also released.
Business-Driven Data Warehouse: Introducing Ellie and WhereScape Integration
Ellie.ai and WhereScape launch a joint integration connecting semantic data modeling with automated Data Vault builds, keeping business intent intact from design through Snowflake implementation.
Miss Seeing the Colleagues at the Office? Get to Know Ellie as a Workplace!
A look inside Ellie's company culture: why the team works from its Helsinki office several days a week, and what makes the workplace simple, rational, and collaborative.
5 Key Insights from Gartner Data and Analytics Summit 2023
Takeaways from Gartner's Data and Analytics Summit 2023, where most D&A challenges turned out to be people problems, not technology. Five lessons on business value, product thinking, and hype.
Integrating Ellie and VaultSpeed for Business-Driven Data Vault Automation
How the Ellie-VaultSpeed integration carries business-driven conceptual models into automated Data Vault construction, closing the gap between semantic modeling and physical warehouse design.
Why Data Modeling is vital in Master Data Management?
Before any Master Data Management initiative can succeed, organizations need to agree on what core entities like “Customer” actually mean, since Finance, Sales, delivery and support often each define it differently; conceptual modeling surfaces those subtypes and roles and builds the shared understanding MDM depends on.
Ellie Version 4.5 - Okta User Management
Ellie 4.5 adds Okta user management as an opt-in Single Sign-On option, mapping Okta user groups to Ellie's Admin, Write, and Read roles alongside existing Azure Active Directory support.
Modeler’s Corner #7: Getting started with ELM & Ellie
Guest contributor Remco Broekmans of Genesee Academy walks through the first three steps of the Ensemble Logical Model (ELM) approach in Ellie: getting business people on board, categorizing Core Business Concepts into Event, Person, Place, Thing, and Other Concept, and resolving hierarchies and synonyms.
Ellie Version 4.4 - Glossary API
Ellie 4.4 launches a REST Glossary API for full CRUD access to business concepts and definitions, enabling two-way integrations with external tools, alongside a refreshed logo and minor fixes.
Ellie 2022 Recap - Data Product Design
Ellie.ai co-founder Johannes Hovi reflects on 2022: team growth, product milestones, global expansion, and the shift from data modeling tool to data product design platform.
Ellie's Roadmap Update – Q4 2022
Ellie's Q4 2022 roadmap update: a new Glossary API in v4.4, Okta integration for user management in v4.5, and under-the-hood performance and stability work on the conceptual modeling canvas.
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