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Related Assets Properties

The

Related Assets

section contains properties to view related assets, such as related terms, catalog objects, profiles, data assets, and rule assets.

Business terms contain the following properties in the

Related Assets

section:

Related terms: Terms that are related to the current business term using custom relationships. The terms appear as a link to open the term.
You can remove the business terms that are related using custom relationships only when you edit a term which is the primary asset in the bidirectional relationship. You cannot remove the business terms that are related using custom relationships when you edit a term which is the derived asset in the bidirectional relationship.

Data assets: A data asset is a type of data object that represents either a physical data source, data domain, or a Metadata manager catalog object.
Business terms can contain the following types of data asset links:
Data domains. A predefined or user-defined Model repository object based on the semantics of column data or a column name.
Data objects. Metadata sources from which you want to extract metadata to analyze.; For example, sensitive data such as Social Security numbers are stored in a data domain. The data asset for the business term "sensitive data" contains a link to the data domain location. An auditor or governing body who reads the business term can see the location where sensitive data is stored.

Rule assets: Rule assets are mapplet rules or rule definitions that contain transformations or business logic.
Business terms can contain the following types of rule asset links:
Mapplet rule. A reusable object in repositories that contains a set of transformations.
Rule definition. Business logic that defines conditions applied to data when you run a profile.

For example, the organization requires sensitive information such as Social Security number to be masked. A mapplet rule defines how a Social Security number is masked. The mapplet rule is linked as a rule asset to the business term "Social Security number." An auditor or governing body who reads the business term can also see the mapplet rule used to mask the data.

Data assets and rule assets are read-only and appear when you open a business term. Create a link to the business term from the data asset.
Column profiles: A column profile determines the characteristics of columns in a data source, such as value frequency, percentages, and patterns.
Metadata Manager catalog objects.: The catalog that contains information about metadata objects.
When you purge or delete a business glossary resource from Metadata Manager warehouse, the Analyst tool removes the asset links to the Metadata Manager catalog objects.