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Informatica Analyst Assets

You can manage assets within some workspaces. An asset is a type of object that you use to support business operations within the enterprise.

For example, a profile is an asset that an analyst can create to discover the content, quality, and structure of a data source.

You can create the following types of assets:

Glossary assets: Create Glossary assets in the
Glossary
workspace. You can create the following types of Glossary assets:
Business term. A word or phrase that uses business language to define relevant concepts for business users in an organization.
Business initiative. A business decision that results in bulk changes to a collection of Glossary assets.
Category. A descriptive classification of business terms and policies.
Glossary. A collection of categories, business terms, and policies.
Policy. The business purpose, process, or protocol that governs business practices that are related to business terms.
Discovery assets: Create Discovery assets in the
Discovery
workspace. You can create the following types of Discovery assets:
Profile. A single data object profile or enterprise discovery profile that discovers column characteristics and data domains in a single data source or multiple data sources.
Flat file data object. A representation of data based on a flat file.
Table data object. A representation of data based on a relational table.
Design assets: Create Design assets in the
Design
workspace. You can create the following types of Design assets:
Mapping specification. A template that describes the movement and transformation of data from a source to a target.
Reference table. A table that contains the standard version and alternative versions of a set of data values.
Rule specification. An object that represents the logic in a business rule.
Scorecards assets: Open scorecard assets in the
Scorecards
workspace. A scorecard is a graphical representation of the quality measurements in a profile.

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Informatica Analyst Assets

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