Configure Dropdown Values
You can assign classifications when you create objects. If you have a SuperAdmin profile, you can create new classifications or modify the default classifications to suit the needs of your organization.
1. From the Axon toolbar, click the Admin Panel menu item under your user name.
2. In the menu on the left, click Dropdown Configurations under Meta-Model Administration.
3. In the Dropdown Configurations page, select a module from the list in the Choice property.
Axon filters the list of choices to display the options available in the facet that you selected.
Note: You must not update the values for the Axon Status module in the dropdown configuration list.
4. Click the module that you want to edit.
Axon displays the configuration menu editor.
5. In the configuration page, click the + icon to add a new item to the dropdown menu.
For example, if you selected Process Duration Type, you can add more values, such as seconds and minutes.
6. Configure the following properties:
Option | Description |
|---|
PrimaryName | Specify a name that Axon will display in the dropdown menu. |
Description | Specify a description that Axon will display in the dropdown menu. |
7. If you want to delete a value that you added from the configuration page, click the - icon to delete the value.
If the value is in use, Axon displays a warning message.
8. Click Save and Close.
Delete Relationship Type Values
If you select a relationship type from the list of dropdown values and delete a relationship type value that you added, the relationships between Axon objects that are linked using the relationship type are not applicable anymore. However, the Axon interface does not indicate that the relationships between the objects are broken.
Before you delete a relationship type value from the dropdown configuration, it is recommended that you ask the Axon users in your organization to edit the objects to remove the relationships.
To search for objects that are related to each other using a specific relationship type, use the http(s)://<Axon_host>:<port>/unison/v2/facet/_search API, and filter by the relTypeName parameter. For more information, see the Retrieve Primary Objects and Their Related Objects chapter in the Axon Data Governance 7.2.1 REST-API Guide.
To delete the relationships after you find them, use the http(s)://<Axon_host>:<port>/bulkupload/v1/relationships API. For more information, see the Create or Update a Single Object, and Create or Delete a Single Relationship topic in the Axon Data Governance 7.2.1 REST-API Guide.
After the users remove the relationships, you can delete the relationship type value from the dropdown configuration.
Delete Predefined Dropdown Values
You can delete the predefined values for dropdown configuration parameters. A SuperAdmin user can perform this task.
When you attempt to delete a predefined value that is in use, Axon validates the operation based on the following scenarios:
- •For some dropdown configuration values, you can see a message to remove the values used in Axon objects before you delete the dropdown values. Before you delete such values, you need to remove the values for the objects from Axon.
- •For some dropdown configuration values, you can remove them without removing their use in Axon objects. A confirmation message appears and you can delete the value after you confirm to proceed.
When you try to delete a predefined value that is not in use, Axon performs the following validations:
- •If the value is present in the minimum range list for a dropdown configuration, you cannot delete the value because it is one of the required values.
- •If the value is the only one that is remaining for a dropdown configuration, you cannot delete the value.
Deletion Exceptions
You cannot delete some of the default dropdown configuration values because of their impact and dependency across Axon. The following table lists the dropdown configuration parameters and the values that you cannot delete:
Dropdown Configuration Parameter | Values | Reason |
|---|
Axon Status | Active and Deleted | Both values are used across all facets in Axon. |
Data Set Lifecycle | Draft | During automated onboarding from Enterprise Data Catalog into Axon, the data sets are onboarded by default in the Draft stage of the data set lifecycle. |
Data Set Type | Data Set | During automated onboarding from Enterprise Data Catalog into Axon, the data sets are onboarded by default as the Data Set type. |
Access Control Type | Public and Non-Public | Both values are used for the Axon Viewing field of an object. |
Attribute Sourcing Type | All values | All values are required for lineage recommendations during automated onboarding from Enterprise Data Catalog into Axon. |
Attribute Origination | Enterprise Catalog | During automated onboarding from Enterprise Data Catalog into Axon, the origin of onboarded attributes is Enterprise Catalog. |
Regulation Status | Active and Deleted | Both values are used to indicate the status of Regulation objects in Axon. |