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MEET NERVE CENTRE / CONNECTED DATA, IN VIEW

One record.
A whole world of connections.

Follow the relationships around your data. Nerve Centre brings tables, records and the paths between them into an interactive 3D workspace.

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In the current development build · Public download coming soon

SQL Ocean Nerve Centre with order 1002 selected, nine connected demo records highlighted, and the record's values in the inspectorExplore the screenshot ↗
Actual application interface · Built-in fictional demo data · Underwater theme
Explore Tables & individual recordsUnderstand Keys behind each connectionFollow Paths through the loaded graph

01 / START WITH A QUESTION

What connects
to this record?

Right-click a table row and choose 3D Nerve model. Inspect its values, follow incoming and outgoing foreign-key relationships, then expand another record to keep exploring.

01

Choose your starting point.

Open a record’s neighbourhood from the table, or open Nerve Centre from Tools to begin with your table map.

02

Bring the branch into focus.

Select a node, choose the connection depth and isolate its branch. Search and field filters help narrow the loaded records.

03

Follow the next connection.

Read the record in the inspector, check its direct connections and expand further when you need more context.

02 / SEE WHY IT CONNECTS

A link you can
explain.

Open Why connected? to see the relationship and the key values behind it. In this demo, order 1002 has a customer_id of 2, matching the customer’s id of 2.

The map follows declared foreign keys. Similar column names alone do not create a connection.

FROM THE RECORD INSPECTORWhy connected details: orders.customer_id references customers.id, with matching key values 2 and 2
Detail from the actual demo record inspector

03 / FOLLOW THE PATH

From this order.
To that product.

Choose Trace path from here, then select a destination. Nerve Centre highlights a shortest connected path in the loaded graph. Here, an order reaches a desk lamp through its order item.

Nerve Centre in the Space theme tracing orders 1002 through order_items 2002 to the Desk lamp product, with the path listed below the mapView the pathway full size ↗
Order → order item → product · Built-in demo records · Space / stars theme

04 / STEP BACK TO THE STRUCTURE

See the tables.
Then go deeper.

Choose the tables you want to explore and see their declared relationships. Switch to a record map to inspect individual rows and exact key matches within the loaded sample.

Six demo tables in Nerve Centre's 3D table map, with orders selected and its columns shown in the inspectorView the table map full size ↗
Table map · Six fictional demo tables · Declared foreign-key relationships

YOUR MAP / YOUR PERSPECTIVE

Make room
for discovery.

Keep the map alongside your queries, return to the view you were exploring, and choose the perspective that makes the relationships clearest.

A workspace of its own.

Nerve Centre opens in a tab. Pop it out within the app, then dock it again with your selection, filters and camera preserved.

Move around the map.

Rotate, pan, zoom and focus on a selection. Switch between 3D and 2D, or use orbit to turn the view continuously.

Set the scene.

Choose Default, Underwater, Space / stars or Cinematic fog. Pause visual effects and save named views locally for later.

A clear view of what’s loaded.

Each view supports up to 12 tables and 200 records per table. Coverage notes identify limited or unavailable branches. A missing path means there is no path in the loaded graph; expanding more records can reveal more connections. Available metadata and record loading depend on the provider.

Record samples are read separately, not as one consistent database snapshot. The screenshots show the application’s built-in demo, not a live production database.

Get closer
to your connected data.

Nerve Centre is part of SQL Ocean. 45 days free, then £5/month.
Public download coming soon.

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