Visual data model object dependency tracing

A data processing system configured for visual data object dependency tracing, the system comprising:

• a host computing system comprising one or more computers, each with memory and at least one processor;
• a display coupled to the host computing system;
• a fixed storage device storing thereon a database of data;
• a data model disposed in the memory of the host computing system and modeling the data of the database;
• and,
• a visual data object dependency tracing module comprising computer program instructions which, during execution in the memory of the host computing system, performs:
• loading the data model into the memory;
• retrieving into the memory a definition for each object in the model and within each retrieved definition, identifying one or more parameters;
• correlating in the memory a multiplicity of identified ones of the parameters with different objects in the data model;
• creating in the memory a relational table for the correlations;
• generating in the memory a visualization of the relational table;
• and,
• displaying the visualization in the display.

A computer program product for visual data object dependency tracing, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method including:

• loading into memory of a computer, a data model for data of a database;
• retrieving a definition for each object in the model and within each retrieved definition, identifying one or more parameters;
• correlating a multiplicity of identified ones of the parameters with different objects in the data model;
• creating a relational table for the correlations;
• generating a visualization of the relational table;
• and,
• displaying the visualization in a display of the computer.