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Build online forms for every business need.

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Simple CRM for small businesses moving from spreadsheets.

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Live chat app to engage and convert website visitors.

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Appointment scheduling app for consultations with customers.

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AI-powered ETL tool for effective data integration and movement.

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Design surveys to reach and interact with your audience.

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Online website builder with extensive customisation options.

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Website conversion optimization and personalisation platform.

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All-in-one marketing automation software.

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Smart landing page builder to increase conversion rates

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Webinar platform for webcasting online webinars.

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Sync, manage, and convert leads across channels seamlessly.

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Easy domain registration, transfer, and secured DNS management.

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Online community platform for individuals and businesses to grow their network and brand.

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Complete loyalty and affiliate management platform.

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Manage all your local business listings on a single platform.

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Remote support and unattended remote access software.

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Live chat app to engage and convert website visitors.

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Appointment scheduling app for consultations with customers.

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End-to-end field service management platform for service businesses.

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Interactive remote assistance software with augmented reality.

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The all-in-one toolkit for solopreneurs.

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Powerful accounting platform for growing businesses.

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Effortless expense reporting platform.

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Digital signature app for businesses.

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Powerful stock management and inventory control software.

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100% Free invoicing solution.

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End-to-end billing solution for your business.

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Payroll software with automated tax payments and filing.

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eCommerce platform to manage and market your online store.

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Collect payments online with custom branded pages.

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Practice management software for accounting firms.

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The all-in-one toolkit for solopreneurs.

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Unified payment solution built for all businesses.

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Secure email service for teams of all sizes.

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Digital signature app for businesses.

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WorkDrive

Online file management for teams.

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Bookings

Appointment scheduling app for consultations with customers.

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Cliq

Stay in touch with teams no matter where you are.

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Beautiful home for all your notes.

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Meeting

Online meeting software for all your video conferencing & webinar needs.

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Connect

Employee experience platform to communicate, engage, and build positive employee relations.

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Learn

Knowledge and learning management platform.

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Office Integrator

Built in document editors for web apps.

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Writer

Word processor for focused writing and discussions.

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TeamInbox

Shared inboxes for teams.

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ZeptoMail

Secure and reliable transactional email sending service.

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Show

Create, edit, and share slides with a sleek presentation app.

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Tables

Work management tool to connect people, processes, and information.

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Spreadsheet software for collaborative teams.

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Powerful collaborative work platform for teams.

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Online business calendar to manage events and schedule appointments.

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Collaborative task management for individuals and teams.

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Collaborative online PDF editing tool.

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Workplace

Application suite built to improve team productivity and collaboration.

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Effortless expense reporting platform.

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Intuitive recruiting platform built to provide hiring solutions.

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People

Organize, automate, and simplify your HR processes.

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Sign

Digital signature app for businesses.

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Payroll software with automated tax payments and filing.

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Employee scheduling and time tracking app.

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Manage temporary staffing with an employee scheduling solution.

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Comprehensive HR platform for seamless employee experiences.

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Build custom apps to simplify business processes.

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Assist

Remote support and unattended remote access software.

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Vault

Online password manager for teams.

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Directory

Workforce identity and access management solution for cloud businesses.

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Lens

Interactive remote assistance software with augmented reality.

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QEngine

Test automation software to build, manage, execute, and report testcases.

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Catalyst

Pro-code platform to build and deploy your apps.

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Automate manual, tedious, and repetitive tasks easily.

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Comprehensive email security and archiving for every business.

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Secure multi-factor authenticator (MFA) for all your online accounts.

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Toolkit

Complete resource for any admin-related lookup queries.

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Modern self-service BI and analytics platform.

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DataPrep

AI-powered data preparation service for your data-driven organization.

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Sprints

Planning and tracking tool for scrum teams.

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BugTracker

Automatic bug tracking software for managing bugs.

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Solo

The all-in-one toolkit for solopreneurs.

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Projects Plus

Unified project management platform for intelligent, data-driven work.

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Creator

Build custom apps to simplify business processes.

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Flow

Automate business workflows by creating smart integrations.

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Office Integrator

Built in document editors for web apps.

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DataPrep

AI-powered data preparation service for your data-driven organization.

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ZeptoMail

Secure and reliable transactional email sending service.

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Tables

Work management tool to connect people, processes, and information.

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QEngine

Test automation software to build, manage, execute, and report testcases.

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Catalyst

Pro-code platform to build and deploy your apps.

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Automate manual, tedious, and repetitive tasks easily.

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Build, deploy, and scale IoT solutions for connected businesses.

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Application analytics for all apps.

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Embedded analytics and white label BI solutions, tailored for your needs.

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Low-code IoT platform and solutions for connected businesses.

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Run your entire business on Zoho with our unified cloud software, designed to help you break down silos between departments and increase organizational efficiency.

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Schema builder: The ultimate tool for presenting your data holistically

Zoho Creator's schema builder is a one-stop solution for modelling your data. With an intuitive visual builder at your disposal, you can design your organizational apps with ease.

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Schema builder: The ultimate tool for presenting your data holistically
  • Point-and-click builder
  • Easy navigation
  • Detailed app layouts

What's a schema builder?

The schema builder in Zoho Creator provides you with a visual representation of your application's logical structure. An easy-to-use yet powerful design tool, the schema builder lets you design the basic framework of your application and monitors your data model at every stage. The link created between forms, with the introduction of lookup and subform fields, is called a relationship. In Zoho Creator, powerful relationships can be created and maintained by taking advantage of a bird's-eye view layout of your application.

Envision all your concepts in full-screen mode

The schema builder on Zoho Creator is all you need to represent your application pictorially and meaningfully.

Envision all your concepts in full-screen mode

Visualize your application, dictate your data flow

Objects, the relationships between them, and the rules of data flow define every data model. Zoho Creator's schema builder offers you the perfect mix of features to model your data the way you want it to be.

  • Point-and-drag system

    View and create new relationships by dragging the cursor between your forms. This bypasses navigation via the app builder.

  • Complete picture

    The schema builder provides a comprehensive view of your conceptualized application, helping you build your application faster. Each circular graphic is a form, holding the information of all its fields and reports.

  • Flexible environment

    The entire Zoho Creator ecosystem is perfectly connected. You can even configure relationships between forms in two different applications.

Relationships that define your business

Relationships bundle information meaningfully, so that data is captured accurately and data integrity is preserved. Zoho Creator supports all three types of relationships: one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many. Here's a close look at the features that will help you cement your goals:

The ever-powerful lookup field

The lookup field enables you to retrieve a wide variety of data from other forms. This not only creates a relationship between the forms, which aids in building a unified structure for your application, but also reduces the need for creating multiple forms.

The ever-powerful lookup field

Customized data flow

Based on your business requirements, you can leverage both unidirectional and bidirectional relationships. Bidirectional relationships between two forms enable data to be updated automatically in both forms when there's a change in either.

Customized data flow

Build, view, and edit relationships in 3 steps

Build relationships

Build relationships

Drag the connector from the form that you need to look up data from to the form that you want the data to be displayed in. The swap button can be used to reverse the direction of the relationship.

Set display

Set display

Set the display type of your choice for the looked-up data. Zoho Creator offers four display types—radio button, drop-down, checkbox, and multi-select—which can be leveraged based on the type of relationship used.

Manipulate with ease

Manipulate with ease

Data models built on the schema builder can be modified, viewed in full screen, and printed, when necessary.

Connect to 1000+ tools

Sync data and actions between Zoho Creator and the rest of your stack.

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Build your business logic visually

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Frequently Asked Questions

A schema builder is a tool that provides you with a visual representation of your application's logical structure.

The schema builder in Zoho Creator lets you plan and design your application with a bird's-eye view, to create relationships visually.

A schema builder serves throughout the software development life cycle—from the planning stage to the maintenance stage—by helping the developer build complex data models with a point-and-drag system.

The schema builder in Zoho Creator can be found in the application under Developer tools.

The schema builder, with its visual building capability, eliminates the requirement to navigate from form to form to create, edit, or delete relationships.