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Basic Base Object Properties

This section describes the basic base object properties.

Item Type: The type of table that you must add. Select
Base Object
.
Display Name: The name of the base object as it must display in the Hub Console. Enter a descriptive name. Ensure that the display name is less than 67 characters.
Physical Name: The actual name of the table in the database. Informatica MDM Hub suggests a physical name for the table based on the display name that you enter. Ensure that you do not use any reserved name suffixes.
Data Tablespace: The name of the data tablespace. Read-only.
Index Tablespace: The name of the index tablespace. Read-only.
Description: A brief description of the base object.
Enable History: Specifies whether history is enabled for the base object. If enabled, Informatica MDM Hub keeps a log of records that are inserted, updated, or deleted for this base object. You can use the information in history tables for audit purposes.
Timeline: Specifies whether timeline is enabled for the base object. The default is
No Timeline
. Select
Dynamic Timeline
to enable timeline. If timeline is enabled, the MDM Hub manages versions of base object records, including entities and relationships.
Allow non-contiguous effective periods: Uses non-contiguous effective periods for records. Enable to specify non-contiguous effective periods for records. Disable to use contiguous effective periods for records. Default is disabled.