Related Assets
You can view the related assets for an asset from the search results. A related asset is an asset in the Model repository or Business Glossary associated with a selected asset in the search results. The related asset shares some metadata with the asset in the search results. A data source can have profiles, inferred data domains, and mappings as related assets.
For example, a profile can be a part of the search results. You can view the related assets of the profile, such as rules and data sources for the profile. You can view the related assets in the Related Assets workspace. The related assets that you see differ based on the asset type. For example, when you view the related assets of a rule, you can view assets, such as the associated business term, mapping specification, and profile.
Related Assets for Each Asset Type
The related assets that you see for an asset in the Analyst tool depends on the type of the asset that you search for.
The following table describes the related assets for each asset:
Asset Type | Related Assets |
|---|
Business term | Data domain, data object, mapplet, and rule. |
Data domain | Business term, data domain group, data object, and profile. |
Data domain group | Data domain, data object, and profile. |
Data object | Business term, data domain, data domain group, mapping specification, profile, scorecard, mapping, and mapplet. |
Enterprise discovery profile | Data object and profile. |
Mapping Note: You open this object in the Developer tool. | Data object, mapping specification, mapplet, and rule. |
Mapping specification | Data object, profile, scorecard, mapping, mapplet, and rule. |
Mapplet Note: You open this object in the Developer tool. | Business term, data object, mapping specification, mapping, mapplet, and rule. |
Profile | Data domain, data domain group, data object, rule, and mapping specification. Note: A scorecard is not included in the related assets for a profile. |
Rule | Data object, rule, business term, mapping specification, profile, scorecard, and mapping. |
Viewing Related Assets
You can view the total number of related assets when you view the asset match information in the search results.
1. Perform discovery search in the Library workspace.
2. In the results grid, click the expand icon and click the link for related assets count or right-click the asset name and select Show Related Assets.
A list of all the related assets appears in the Related Assets workspace.
3. To view the details of an asset, click the asset name or right-click and select Open.
4. To view the related assets of a related asset, right-click the asset name and select Show Related Assets.
The related asset information appears in the workspace.
5. To navigate between multiple related asset workspaces, from the Related Assets workspace, select one of the recently opened assets.