Metadata Manager User Guide

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Relationships for Business Glossary Objects

To relate a business term to technical metadata, create a relationship between the term and the metadata object. Metadata Manager updates the relationship information in the Analyst tool business glossary.

Relate a business term to technical metadata to define the data and the accepted use cases. For example, the Customer table in an Oracle resource contains the STATUS column. You are not sure if the STATUS column indicates whether the customer is an active customer or whether the customer is a preferred customer. Link the STATUS column with the business term "customer status" to define the column data.

The method you use to create a relationship depends on the number of relationships that you want to create:

Single relationship: Use the Details panel to create a relationship between a single business term and metadata object.
Multiple relationships: Use linking rules, enumerated links, or the Objects Relationships Wizard to create multiple relationships between business terms and metadata objects.

After you create a relationship between a business term and a metadata object, Metadata Manager performs the following actions:

When you view the business term in the Glossary view, Metadata Manager lists the metadata object in the

Related Catalog Objects

section of the Details panel.

When you view the metadata object in the metadata catalog, Metadata Manager lists the term in the

Related Terms

section of the Details panel.

If the metadata object to which you link the term is a lineageable object, Metadata Manager displays a lineage link between the object and the business term when you run data lineage analysis on the object.

Metadata Manager updates the relationship information in the Analyst tool business glossary. For example, you create a relationship from the Annual Salary business term to the SALARY column in an Oracle resource in Metadata Manager. When you view the Annual Salary business term in the Analyst tool, the SALARY column is listed as a related asset.

Business Glossaries

Single Relationships for Business Terms

Multiple Relationships for Business Terms

Relationships to PowerCenter Objects

Creating Relationships to Metadata Objects

Creating Relationships to Business Terms

Viewing Related Catalog Objects

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