Case Study: Petrol achieves real-time Snowflake data model collaboration with SqlDBM

How one of the largiest Slovenian companies benefited from the shift to a new ERD tool

In516ht, a major Slovenian sustainable energy company, faced significant challenges while modernizing its data warehouse on Snowflake. The primary issue was the use of multiple on-premise ERD tools by different partner teams, which led to a fragmented view of the data model. This lack of synchronization caused structural collapses when importing diagrams, prevented team alignment, and delayed the preparation of data models for the BI team by up to two weeks.

The solution was implemented by adopting the SaaS-based SqlDBM data modeling tool. SqlDBM provided a centralized, real-time platform that unified the data model, enabling seamless team collaboration with role-based permissions and automatic version control. The results were immediate: the entire team now works from a single, always up-to-date diagram, eliminating administrative delays and synchronization problems. This shift to SqlDBM saved significant time and effort, drastically improved cross-team collaboration, and fully supported their cloud-first Snowflake environment.

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Ana Mikoš,

Marketing Assistant