What the Information Toolbench can do, grouped by area — and which edition ships each feature.
The Enterprise edition is a superset: it includes every feature below plus the Enterprise-only ones
(marked Enterprise). Detailed how-tos for the Enterprise features live in the
Enterprise Features section.
Legend: ✓ available · — not in this edition
Modelling — core objects
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Entities | Create, edit, delete entities | ✓ | ✓ |
| Relations | Create, edit, delete relations between entities | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attributes | Add, edit, delete and reorder an entity's attributes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Types | Define & edit entity / relation / attribute / viewpoint types | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom properties | Custom metadata fields on entities, attributes & relations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Entity groups | Organise entities into nested group folders; hide / unhide | ✓ | ✓ |
Canvas & layout
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Diagram canvas | Pan / zoom / fit, select, expand-collapse attributes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Draw relations | Drag handle → handle to create a relation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-arrange | Layout algorithms with direction & spacing controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save as image | Export the canvas as PNG / JPEG / SVG | ✓ | ✓ |
Viewpoints
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Viewpoints | Create, edit, delete named perspectives; hide / unhide | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remove from viewpoint | Drop an entity from the active viewpoint (keeps the model) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Duplicate viewpoint | Clone a viewpoint with the same entities & layout | — | ✓ |
Navigation & browsing
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Browse drawers | Browse viewpoints / entities / relations / attributes with search & filters | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keyboard shortcuts & console | Focus search/console/info; open drawers; console commands | ✓ | ✓ |
Import & external data
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Import model | Upload an .itb.zip / JSON model file | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import JSON Schema | Turn a JSON Schema into entities & attributes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add entity from JSON | Paste an entity definition as JSON | — | ✓ |
| Import & sync external data | Import external payloads as read-only managed objects; re-sync reconciles & adopts collisions | — | ✓ |
Copy & duplicate operations
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Duplicate entity | Clone an entity via a pre-filled form | — | ✓ |
| Copy with relation | Copy an entity and wire a chosen relation | — | ✓ |
| Copy in between | Insert a copied entity between two existing ones | — | ✓ |
Lineage & propagation
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Trace attribute lineage | Generate a "Lineage" viewpoint for an attribute | — | ✓ |
| Trace entity lineage | Trace an entity's lineage end-to-end | — | ✓ |
| Propagate attributes | Carry attributes downstream along a lineage path | — | ✓ |
Packs & generation
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Marketplace | Browse and install template packs, quality rules and capability packs, per user | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bundles | One marketplace item that installs several packs plus a model, validated before anything is written | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show templates | Ask which definitions match an entity, with Explain why and View code, without generating | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pack provenance | Where an installed pack came from — Marketplace or bundle upload | ✓ | ✓ |
Quality & query
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Quality rules | Run installed rule packs against the model; pass / fail / error per rule with the offending rows | ✓ | ✓ |
| SQL console | Query the model read-only in SQL — joins, aggregates, JSON functions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bonsai assistant | Modelling assistant that reads the model and, with your approval, changes it | — | ✓ |
Versioning, history & artifacts
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Git push / pull | Publish to Git & restore; conflict / drift recovery | ✓ | ✓ |
| Journal & undo | Transaction history with revert to a prior point | ✓ | ✓ |
| Generate artifacts | Run the generation pipeline & download artifacts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Export / delete model | Download the model file; delete it on the server | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feature | What it does | Public | Enterprise |
|---|
| Workspace panes & status bar | Show and hide the sidebar, panels, properties pane and console from the status bar | ✓ | ✓ |
| Settings | Manage types, custom properties & general preferences | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guided tours | Interactive onboarding tours covering the core areas | ✓ | ✓ |
| System information | Client / API / license details with status & expiry warning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Theme & language | Light / dark theme and internationalisation | ✓ | ✓ |