MySQL Workbench Features
The new MySQL Workbench is a modern desktop environment for MySQL development, administration, and analysis. Explore the key capabilities below, then go to the relevant area for more detail.
| SQL, JavaScript, and TypeScript Development |
| Write and execute SQL in the Script Editor, or use SQL Notebooks to combine queries, results, and explanatory text. In notebook mode, work with SQL, JavaScript, and TypeScript, with code completion, SQL formatting, result editing, and execution controls. |
| MySQL Administration |
| Review server status and configuration, manage users and grants, investigate client connections, and work with backup and recovery workflows. |
| Performance Analysis |
| Use Performance Reports to investigate slow queries, statement execution-time distribution, table sizes, memory use, and waits. Visual Explain and Visual Explain Analyze help you understand query plans and runtime behavior. |
| Migration to MySQL HeatWave on OCI |
| Use the HeatWave Migration Assistant to guide migration of MySQL workloads to MySQL HeatWave on OCI from on-premises environments and supported cloud database services. |
| Database Design |
| Explore and work with MySQL database schemas and objects as part of your database-development workflow. |
| GUI Plugins and Extensibility |
| Extend Workbench with GUI plugins to add panels, integrate related tools, and build workflows for your needs. |
Always use the latest version. The new MySQL Workbench brings current capabilities together in one desktop application.