Business Glossary

Effective in version 10.0, data stewards can publish Glossary assets after a voting process. The glossary administrator configures the approval workflow for a glossary after which the data steward must publish or reject all the assets in the glossary through a voting process. The glossary administrator can configure up to two levels of approvals. The approvers can approve or reject the asset changes or abstain from voting. The data steward publishes or rejects the asset based on the voting results.

Glossary assets that are published after an approval workflow have a new tab called Voting History in the audit trail. This tab displays the details about the approval workflow.

For more information, see the "Approval Workflow" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Glossary Asset Attachments

Effective in version 10.0, you can add attachments to Glossary assets. Reference users can view the attachments when they open the Glossary assets in the Glossary workspace.

For more information about asset attachments, see the "Glossary Content Management" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide. For more information about configuring the attachment directory, see the "Analyst Service" chapter in the Informatica Application Service Guide.

Long String Data Type

Effective in version 10.0, you can create a custom property that is of the long string data type. The long string data type does not have any limit on the number of characters that the content managers can use when adding content to the field.

For more information about the long string data type, see the "Glossary Content Management" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Support for Rich Text

Effective in version 10.0, data stewards can format content in rich text when they configure default asset properties such as Description, Usage Context, Example. Custom properties that have a long string data type also support rich text.

Data stewards can format the text in the following ways:

For more information about rich text, see the "Glossary Content Management" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Import and Export Enhancements

Effective in version 10.0, you can choose to import or export business glossaries with or without linked assets from other glossaries, attachments, and the audit history.

Optionally, you can choose to run the import task in the background. While the Analyst tool imports glossaries in the background, you can perform other tasks. After the import is complete, the Analyst tool sends you a notification.

In the final step of the import wizard, the Analyst tool now displays an enhanced summary and conflict resolution options.

For more information about the import and export enhancements, see the "Glossary Administration" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Email Notifications

Effective in version 10.0, you can choose to receive notifications through email. You continue to receive notifications in the Analyst tool. You can configure the email notification settings in the Glossary Settings workspace.

For more information about email notifications, see the "Finding Glossary Content" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Relationship View Diagram Enhancement

Effective in version 10.0, the relationship view diagram has the following enhancements:

View Full Asset Names

You have an option to view the full asset name and relationship name in the relationship view diagram. The Analyst tool truncates the asset names and relationship names that are longer than 200 characters by default.

Find Assets

You can search for assets that are displayed in the relationship view diagram.

Expand and Collapse Node

You can expand and collapse a node to show or hide the assets in the node.

Pan the Canvas

You can click and drag the relationship view canvas to pan across the canvas and view assets.

For more information, see the "Finding Glossary Content" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Analyst Tool Privileges

Effective in version 10.0, you can assign users the privilege to view published Glossary assets in the Administrator tool. Providing the View Glossaries privilege in the Administrator tool is equivalent to providing read permission for glossaries and published Glossary assets in the Glossary Security workspace in the Analyst tool.

For more information, see the Informatica 10.0 Security Guide.

Business Term Links

Effective in version 10.0, you can link profiles to business terms. The Analyst tool provides a hyperlink to linked technical assets and data objects. The Analyst tool opens the data objects in their respective workspaces when you click the hyperlink.

For more information, see the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Glossary Security

Effective in version 10.0, the Analyst tool contains the following enhancements to the Glossary security:

Glossary Security User Interface

The Glossary Security workspace view displays the number of roles, users and groups.

Permissions and Privileges Wizard

In the Glossary Security workspace, when you use the wizard to add permissions or privileges to users, you can sort Glossary assets by category and type. You can also now bulk assign read and write permissions to all assets for a user.

Asset View

Effective in version 10.0, the asset view also displays the number of attachments and the name of the glossary that contains the asset.

For more information, see the "Introduction to Business Glossary" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.

Default Approvers

Effective in version 10.0, the service administrator can configure the default approvers for a glossary. Only the default approvers that the service administrator specifies receive notification during the normal approval process or can participate in level 1 voting during the advanced approval workflow.

For more information, see the "Glossary Administration" chapter in the Informatica 10.0 Business Glossary Guide.