[FEAT] Add options to omit columns from diagram

[syou6162]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The table of interest in the ER diagram we want to draw has a very large number of columns. The number of columns can be dozens, making it very difficult to see the relationships between tables in an ER diagram.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add an option to omit columns in the ER diagram to allow output of a diagram without columns. For example, mermaid can only draw relationships between tables.

• https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/entityRelationshipDiagram.html

Describe alternatives you've considered
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[datnguye]

Thanks @syou6162 for the new great PR again!

Not related to this issue, I am planning to get v1.10 soon, in about within next 2 weeks time. The RCs are:

• this new option
• new command for querying dbt Cloud Discovery API in [FEAT] option to query the Discovery API for ERD data via GraphQL #68

Let me know if you would have any thing to add. Cheers!

[syou6162]

@datnguye Thanks for letting us know!

I am using BigQuery as my DWH. BigQuery sometimes has column types that contain < special characters such as Struct<first_name string, last_name string> or column names that contain . special characters, such as name.first_name in column names. Unfortunately, mermaid has a problem rendering markdown with such special characters, and I would like to add a feature to replace them before outputting markdown.

I will send an issue and pull request later!

[datnguye]

v1.10.0b2 is now available ℹ️