Business Term Links
Content managers link rule assets and data assets that are not in the glossary to business terms. Data assets and rule assets contain technical information such as data domain, mapplet rules, or rule definitions.
Rule assets and data assets provide glossary consumers technical information that is related to the business term. For example, if the current business term defines Social Security number, glossary consumers can view the location of the Social Security numbers defined in the data asset. Glossary consumer can view the business logic that is used to mask Social Security numbers in the rule asset.
Glossary consumers who want to understand technical information that relates to the business term can view the linked data asset or rule asset in the Library workspace. To view data assets, click Data Objects in the Assets panel of the Library Navigator. To view rule assets, click Rules in the Assets panel of the Library Navigator.
You must link to the business term from the data asset or rule asset. Data asset and rule asset links that you add are transitive.
Rule Asset
A rule is business logic that defines conditions applied to data when you run a profile.
Business terms can contain the following types of rule asset links:
- •Mapplet rule. A reusable object in repositories that contains a set of transformations.
- •Rule definition. Business logic that defines conditions applied to data when you run a profile.
Linking a Rule Asset to a Business Term
Link a rule asset to a business term to associate the business requirement defined by the term with the technical implementation defined by the rule. The link that you create between the rule asset and business term is transitive.
1. Click Open to open the Library workspace.
2. In the Library Navigator, click Assets.
3. In the Assets section select Rules.
4. Open the rule that you want to link to a business term.
5. From the Actions menu, click Show Linked Business Terms.
6. Click the add icon to link a business term to the data asset.
7. Configure the Asset Name, Context, and Description properties.
8. From the Select Glossary drop-down, select the glossary that contains the business term you want to link to.
A list of business terms appears.
9. Select the business term to which you want to link the rule.
10. Click Next.
A list of rules in the business term appears.
11. Click Finish.
Data Asset
A data asset represents the source that contains metadata.
Business terms can contain the following types of data asset links:
- •Data domains. A predefined or user-defined Model repository object based on the semantics of column data or a column name.
- •Data objects. Metadata sources from which you want to extract metadata to analyze.
- •Metadata Manager catalog objects. The catalog that contains information about metadata objects
Linking a Data Asset to a Business Term
Link a data asset to a business term to associate the business concept defined by the term with the location where data is available. The link that you create between the data asset and business term is transitive.
1. Click Open to open the Library workspace.
2. In the Library Navigator, click Assets.
3. In the Assets section select Data Objects.
4. Open the data object that you want to link to a business term.
5. Click Properties to view the properties.
6. From the Actions menu, click Show Linked Business Terms.
7. Click the add icon to link a business term to the data asset.
8. Configure the Asset Name, Context, and Description properties.
9. From the Select Glossary drop-down list, select the glossary that contains the business term you want to link to.
A list of business terms appears.
10. Select the business term to which you want to link the data object.
11. Click OK.