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New features and enhancements

Data Quality includes the following new features and enhancements.

Rule specification properties in advanced mode

You can define the data properties for an output on a rule set in advanced mode. Find the properties in the Rule Properties dialog box, which you can open from the toolbar.
The following image shows the rule specification properties in advanced mode:
The image depicts the rule properties in an advanced mode rule specification.
For more information about Rule specification properties in advanced mode, see Rule specification assets help in Data Quality.

Custom dimensions in Data Quality assets

Custom dimensions that users create in Metadata Command Center now appear in Data Quality assets along with the built-in data quality dimensions. If a custom dimension is updated in Metadata Command Center, the updated dimension appears in Data Quality. If a dimension is deleted in Metadata Command Center, you'll see a warning message when you review a Data Quality asset that uses the deleted dimension.
For more information about dimensions, see Introduction help in Data Quality.

New source system objects for exception management

You can perform exception management tasks on the following source objects:

Verifier assets

The November release includes the following enhancements to verifier assets:
New enrichments for Australia addresses
Address verification can identify the Local Government Area in which an Australian address is located. To identify the Local Government Area, select the Local Government Area Name and Local Government Area Code output fields in the verifier asset. The address verification reference data for Australia includes the Local Government Area information.
The following image shows the new enrichments for Australia addresses:
The image depicts the two new enrichments for Australia addresses.
For more information about enriched address outputs for Australia addresses, see the Verifier assets help in Data Quality.
New alias handling option
You can return the alias for an address element in its abbreviated form if the reference data contains the abbreviation. To return the abbreviated alias, select Abbreviation in the AliasHandling property.
The following image shows the new alias handling option in the standardization properties of a verifier asset:
The image depicts the new alias handling option.
For more information about alias handling options, see the Verifier assets help in Data Quality.