Tools for visualization the data and structure of the app?

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I have built the app i need for my company for the most part, but it has ballooned into a size that is starting to be really hard to keep track of exactly what links to what. particularly if i leave it alone for awhile.

Secondly, i need a way to provide a visual structure to the staff of how things work for learning. It is fairly straight forward, but given the country i operate in, and the education level here i need to plan for endless questions, which wouldd be best done in a visual way.

I have a SQL database schema for my own use, but this isn’t really helpful for users. I have tried freeform, Miro, and some online free tools. While i havent put any serious hours into any of them, they dont feel quite as easy to use as i was hoping.

What do you guys use?

Im picturing a mind map looking tool for overall structure, ideally that i can show physical images of the app and label parts, link screens etc.

I would also like to display workprocesses such as how to “New Client, New Invoice, New Payment” vs “Existing Client, Changing branch location, new invoice” etc etc etc

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Whimsical is pretty nice.

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If it’s just about the data structure, I use Glide’s API to get the schema of each table, then tell a LLM to generate something I can use in Miro.

It’s good to have an overall look at any time.

Before I build anything, I build a pseudo-schema in Whimsical.

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I’m intrigued, can u show an example?

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You can try this. Get the schema out, then feed it to, let’s say, Claude, and tell it to generate a database schema that you can paste to Miro.

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I am on a Maker Plan, so i dont have glide API access.

Is there another way to do this?

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Have you tried using Make.com to call that URL?

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