Data Director User Guide

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Record Views

Based on how the MDM administrator configured your application for

Data Director

, you might have more than one way to access master data. When you access master data in

Data Director

, you use record views. You might have record views for business entities or record views for subject areas.

Usually the MDM administrator configures an application to use either business entities or subject areas. If you do not see the

Data

tab in the navigation bar, you have access to record views for business entities. If you see the

Data

tab, you have access to record views for subject areas.

If the application supports both business entities and subject areas, you have a hybrid application and both types of record views are available. In this case, you see the

Data

tab in the navigation bar. Also, when you use the

New

tab to create records, the

Business Entity

option and the

Subject Area

option appear.

Regardless of how you add a record, the MDM Hub Store saves the record that makes up the business entity or subject area in the same way. A parent record contains the identifying information. Child records contain other types of related information, such as addresses or telephone numbers.

The following table describes differences between records views for

Data Director

with business entities and record views for

Data Director

with subject areas:

Elements	Data Director with Business Entities	Data Director with Subject Areas
Access to record view	Use the View list in an entity tab.	Use the tabs in the Data tab.
Data in the record view	Master data Optionally, related data from external sources, such as social media. Optionally, other panels, such as a Similar Records panel.	Master data
Core entities representation	Business entities	Subject areasl
Nesting records	Business entities can have an unlimited depth of descendant records.	A subject area can include descendant records up to the grandchild level.
Language in the user interface	You select the language to use. In the application header, select the menu beside your username and select Change Language .	You select the language to use. In the application header, select the menu beside your username and select Change Language .
Search	Smart search, which performs a full-text search. In the Search box in the application header, type your search term. In the Search tab, type your search term in the Search box.	Search queries, which searches for terms by field. Click Data , and then use an existing search query or create a new search query.
Supported in Data Director version	10.0 and later	All supported versions
Data Director applications using the record views	Applications developed for Data Director version 10.0 and later. In addition, MDM administrators can update older applications.	Applications developed for Data Director version 9.7.x and earlier. Some applications based on subject areas include customizations that cannot be easily converted to business entities.

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