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Informatica Analyst User Interface

The Analyst tool user interface consists of multiple workspaces that you use to create data integration and

data quality

data federation

solutions. A workspace is a web page that you can access based on license and privilege.

The following image shows the Analyst tool user interface:

Workspace access panel

Header area

Workspace

The Analyst tool opens on the

Start

workspace. The

Start

workspace lists the workspaces that you have the license and privilege to use through workspace access panels.

The Analyst tool displays the following header menus:

Manage: Open temporary workspaces and
Notifications
. You can open the
Connections
,
Data Domains
,
Job Status
,
Projects
, and
Business Glossary Security
workspaces.

User name: Set user preferences to change the password and to log out of the Analyst tool.

The Analyst tool contains the following permanent workspaces:

Start: Access other workspaces that you have the license to access through the workspace access panels. If you have the license to perform exception management, your tasks appear on the
My Tasks
panel of the workspace.

Glossary: Define and describe business concepts that are important to your organization. You can create and manage business terms, categories, glossaries, and policies.

Discovery: Analyze the quality of data and metadata in source systems. You can create and manage profiles, flat file data objects, and table data objects.

Design: Design business logic that helps analysts and developers collaborate. You can create and manage mapping specifications, reference tables, and rule definitions.

Scorecards: Open, edit, and run scorecards that you created from profile results. You can add metrics, drill down on columns, add scorecard filters, and view trend charts for a scorecard.