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Relationships

A relationship between assets shows how the assets relate to one another. When data from a source system is ingested into the catalog, Data Governance and Catalog can automatically create relationships among the technical assets of that source system. You can connect business assets to each other and to relevant technical assets using different types of relationships.
The following table describes the columns where you must enter values to create relationships between assets:
Column
Type
Description
Source Asset
Required
Name or Reference ID of source asset of the relationship.
If you have one or more source assets with the same name, consider entering the Reference ID value for the assets to help the system to distinguish between them.
Source Asset Type
Required
Enter the exact name of the asset type of the source asset.
Examples: Business Term, Domain
Target Asset
Required
Enter the name or Reference ID of target asset of the relationship.
If you have one or more target assets with the same name, consider entering the Reference ID value for the assets to help the system to distinguish between them.
Target Asset Type
Required
Enter the exact name of the asset type of the target asset.
Examples: Business Term, Domain
Relationship Type
Required
Type of the relationship between the source asset and the target asset.
Enter the exact type of the relationship. To see all possible values that you can enter here, see the Relationship Type column in the Annexure sheet of the spreadsheet.
Examples: Is related to, Parent Child Relationship
For more information about the predefined relationships that can be created between assets, see the Types of direct relationships topic in the Asset Discovery help.
Note: It's possible that one or more of the relationship types listed in the Annexure sheet are exclusive to your organization. To ensure that you have the updated list of relationship types, consider downloading the latest template file. For more information about such relationships, contact your administrator. For more information about how your administrator can customize relationship types, see the Administration help in Metadata Command Center.
Operation
Required
Select an operation for the relationship.
You can select one of the following options:
  • - Create. You want to create a relationship between assets.
  • - Delete. You want to remove a relationship between assets.
Note: In the predefined Microsoft Excel template that you download, you can refer to the Annexure sheet for the relationships that you can create in Data Governance and Catalog.