Metadata Manager User Guide

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Data Lineage Tasks

You can perform different tasks in the data lineage diagram such as view object details, navigate through generations, filter objects or classes of objects, and find objects.

You can perform the following tasks in the data lineage diagram:

View details about an object.: Hover the pointer over an object to view details such as the object label, class, resource name, object path, and expression used to transform the data, if applicable. Metadata Manager displays different details based on the object type. Select an object to view the object definition in the Details panel.
Expand and collapse objects.: Expand objects to view child objects and relationships to other objects in the diagram.
Navigate generations.: If the number of generations in the diagram are greater than the number you configure to display, you can use the single arrow button to navigate through the upstream and downstream resources in the diagram. You can use the double arrow button to display all the upstream or downstream generations.
Open the diagram in a new window.: Click the
New Window
button to open the data lineage diagram in a new browser window.
Filter objects.: Apply filters to remove objects that you are not interested in viewing from the diagram.
Switch between the summary and detail views.: By default, Metadata Manager displays a summarized view of the data lineage diagram. The summary view hides resources for which the
Hide in Summary Lineage
option is enabled and also hides transformation logic within PowerCenter mappings. Click
Switch to Detail
on the toolbar to view all resources and all transformation logic. Click
Refresh and Switch to Summary
on the toolbar to refresh the diagram and return to the summary view.
Find objects.: Find metadata objects by name in the data lineage diagram.
Select an object.: Use the Select tool to select an object and view details about the object in the Details panel.
Scan the lineage diagram.: Use the Hand tool to move the diagram and see different parts of the diagram.
Zoom in and out.: Click the Zoom Out and Zoom In buttons to zoom the data lineage diagram one level. Or, select a magnification to view the lineage diagram from 12 to 225 percent of normal size.
Pan the lineage diagram.: View different sections of the diagram. Use the Pan window to move the highlighted area and view different sections of the data lineage diagram.