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Library Tasks

You can manage the collection of assets that you have the privilege to access and perform library tasks.
You can perform the following library tasks:
Perform a discovery search.
A discovery search finds assets and their relationships with other assets in an organization. For example, you need to find where all the customer information exists in a financial organization. Perform discovery search to find data objects that meet the search criteria for a customer search string. The discovery search results include assets related to the data object that you searched for in the Analyst tool. The related assets include profiles run against the data object, associated scorecards, and business terms.
For more information, see the Informatica Data Explorer Data Discovery Guide.
View assets.
When you look up Model repository content from a section in the Library Navigator, the Analyst tool displays the list of assets in an asset list. For example, when you select Data Objects, the Analyst tool displays a list of data objects that you have the privilege to access.
From the Library Navigator, click the Assets section and select an asset. You can view the list of assets that belong to the asset list.
View glossaries.
View glossaries that you have the privilege to access. When you select a glossary from the Glossary section, the Analyst tool lists the contents of the glossary such as business terms, categories, or policies in the asset list.
From the Library Navigator, click the Glossaries section and select a glossary. You can view glossary assets in asset list.
View projects.
View projects and folders and their contents. When you select a project or folder, the Analyst tool lists the contents of the project or folder in the asset list.
From the Library Navigator, click the Projects section and select a project or folder. You can view the project or folder contents in the Assets panel.
View, add, or remove tags.
View tagged business terms by system-defined tags or view assets by user-defined tags. System-defined tags group business terms according to their usage. You can create tags from the Tags section. You can assign tags or remove tags from assets from the Projects section.
Search for assets.
Search for assets by a search string or apply filters to search for assets. Enter the filter properties to filter the search results.
From the Filter panel, enter a search string in the search box or add filter properties to filter the search results.

Creating a User-Defined Tag

Create a user-defined tag to group an asset according to business usage.
    1. From the Tags section in the Library Navigator, right-click User-Defined and choose New Tag.
    The New Tag dialog box appears.
    2. Enter a name and an optional description.
    3. Click OK.

Assigning and Removing a Tag

Assign a tag to an asset to group an asset according to business usage. You can also remove a tag from an asset when it is no longer needed.
    1. From the Projects section in the Library Navigator, select a project.
    2. From the asset list, right-click an asset and select Tag.
    The Tag dialog box appears.
    3. Choose to add or remove a tag.
    4. Click OK.