Metadata Manager Custom Metadata Integration Guide

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Configuring Relationships

Configure relationships so that you can create associations between objects. You might have to create class-level relationships before you can create and configure object-level relationships.

You must create class-level relationships if you want to perform the following tasks:

Add related catalog objects for a custom object.

Create object-level relationships through the Object Relationships Wizard.

You do not have to create class-level relationships to create lineage associations between custom objects and other objects with linking rules or enumerated links.

Create class-level relationships on the

Model

tab. You can create class-level relationships between custom classes or from custom classes to classes in packaged or universal models. When you create a class-level relationship, you configure properties such as the relationship name, model and class to which you want to relate the custom class, and the direction of data flow for lineage.

You cannot create class-level relationships for the business glossary model. To customize business glossaries, use the Analyst tool.

Use one of the following methods to create object-level relationships:

Load template: If you use the load template method to load custom metadata, you can create object-level relationships for multiple objects through linking rules files or enumerated links files. Linking rules files define the rules that Metadata Manager uses to link objects in a custom resource with other objects. Enumerated links files define pairs of objects to link within a custom resource or across resources. Specify linking rules files or enumerated links files on the
Load
tab when you create or edit a custom resource.
Browse tab: Use the Object Relationships Wizard on the
Browse
tab to create relationships from multiple metadata objects. Use the
Related Catalog Objects
section on the
Browse
tab to create individual object-level relationships.