1. A method of implementing online database modeling, the method comprising: providing a database modeling diagram framework, wherein the framework is in communication with an online database, and wherein the online database provides access to live data; providing, via an intermediary API, access to the online database for the database modeling diagram framework; representing a database structure of the online database in a database model within an interface of the database modeling diagram framework; populating the database model with live data from the online database; displaying the database model with the live data from the online database within the database modeling diagram framework interface receiving a request to change the database model for the online database; determining whether the change is impermissible; and displaying an indication within the user interface indicating that the change was not propagated within the online database diagram, otherwise propagating the received changes and providing an updated view of the online database model reflecting the change.