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Viewing Source Definitions

You can view details for each source definition.

Double-click the title bar of the source definition for the EMPLOYEES table to open the EMPLOYEES source definition.

The

Edit Tables

dialog box appears and displays all the properties of this source definition. The

Table

tab shows the name of the table, owner name, and the database type. You can add a comment in the Description section. Business name is empty.

Click the

Columns

tab.

The

Columns

tab displays the column descriptions for the source table.

The source definition must match the structure of the source table. Therefore, you must not modify source column definitions after you import them.

The following image shows the

Columns

tab for EMPLOYEES source definition:

Click the

Metadata Extensions

tab.

Metadata extensions allow you to extend the metadata stored in the repository by associating information with individual repository objects. For example, you can store contact information, such as name or email address, with the sources you create.

In this lesson, you create user-defined metadata extensions that define the date you created the source definition and the name of the person who created the source definition.

Click the

Add Metadata Extension

button.

Name the row SourceCreationDate and enter today’s date as the value.

Click the

Add Metadata Extension

button to add another metadata extension and name it SourceCreator.

Enter your first name as the value in the SourceCreator row.

Click

Apply

Click

to close the dialog box.