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Table of Contents

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  1. Introduction
  2. Configuring Hub Console Tools
  3. Building the Data Model
  4. Configuring the Data Flow
  5. Executing Informatica MDM Hub Processes
  6. Configuring Application Access
  7. MDM Hub Properties
  8. Viewing Configuration Details
  9. Search with Solr
  10. Row-level Locking
  11. MDM Hub Logging
  12. Table Partitioning
  13. Collecting MDM Environment Information with the Product Usage Toolkit
  14. Glossary

Configuration Guide

Configuration Guide

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Configuring a Searchable Field by Using the Provisioning Tool

Configuring a Searchable Field by Using the Provisioning Tool

You can use the Provisioning tool to configure a field as a searchable field and set the field properties.
  1. Open a supported browser, and enter the following URL: 
    https://<MDM Hub Server host name>:<MDM Server port number>/provisioning/
    The
    Login
     page appears.
  2. Type the user name and password to access the Provisioning tool.
  3. Click
    Login
    .
  4. Select the Operational Reference Store (ORS) for which you want to configure the fields.
  5. Click
    Business Entity
    Modeling
    .
    The
    Modeling
     page appears.
  6. Select
    Business Entities
     from the list, and select the business entity for which you want to configure the searchable fields.
  7. In the tree view, under the business entity, select
    Fields
    , and click
    Create
    .
  8. Configure the following properties based on your requirement:
    Name
    Name that appears in the Provisioning tool tree view for the field.
    Label
    Label for the field that you want to appear within views in Data Director.
    Read Only
    Optional. Indicates whether you can edit the field in the Entity View. To configure the field as a non-editable field, select the property.
    Required
    Optional. Indicates whether the field is a required field. To configure the field as a required field, select
    Required
    . By default, the field is not a required field.
    URI
    Optional. Namespace where custom data types are defined. Default is commonj.sdo.
    Type
    Optional. Data type of the field. By default, the data type of the field is the same as the data type of the base object column that you associate with the field.
    Column
    Name of the base object column that you want to associate with the field.
  9. Select
    Searchable
    .
    Additional field properties appear.
  10. Based on your requirement, select one or more of the following properties:
    • Suggester
    • Sortable
    • Fuzzy
    • Filterable
    • Facet
    • Displayable
  11. Optionally, specify the language for the field values.
    You can specify one of the following languages:
    • chinese
    • japanese
    • korean
    • english
    Default is english.
  12. Optionally, if you select
    Facet
    , in the
    Facet Range
     field, specify the range for the numeric or date fields that you configure as facets in the following format: 
    <Start Value>,<End Value>,<Frequency>
    For example,
    1000,2000,50
    The facet ranges are not visible in the
    Data Director
     application. When you use the REST web service to perform the search, the response can return the facet ranges.
  13. Click
    Apply
    .
  14. Publish the changes to the MDM Hub.
    1. Click
      Publish
      .
      A confirmation dialog box appears that prompts you to publish or review the changes.
    2. Review the changes or publish without a review.
      • To publish without a review, click
        Publish
        .
      • To publish after a review, click
        Review Changes
         and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Restart the application server after you configure the searchable fields.
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