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Onboarding Parent of Physical Fields as Data Set

You can link all the physical fields of a parent to attributes at once instead of individually linking each field of a parent to an attribute. This type of linking simplifies the process of onboarding of a parent-level object, such as folders and tables, as data sets in Axon. If you create or edit a data set and add attribute during the linking process, an automatic change request is triggered if it is configured in the Admin Panel.
    1. From the Axon toolbar, click Create > Manage Catalog Links to view the Physical Fields tab.
    2. Select a row for the parent from which you want to link the fields to attributes.
    3. Right-click the row and click Manage Parent-level Linking. Optionally, click the drop-down menu next to the Search button and click Manage Parent-level Linking.
    If you select more than one row, you cannot see the Manage Parent-level Linking option.
    4. In the Associate with field, select a data set from which you want to link attributes to the physical fields of the parent.
    Informatica recommends attributes of the selected data set that you can link the fields to.
    The following image shows a sample linking of physical fields of a parent to attributes:
    The Link Axon Attributes dialog box shows multiple fields of a parent linked to existing and new attributes.
    5. Optionally, click Create to create a data set.
    1. a. In the Create a Data Set dialog box, you can see that the parent name is populated for the data set name. You can change the name if you want.
      2. When you select a system to create a data set, the list of systems that appears depends on the segments that you can access and the systems that are connected to Enterprise Data Catalog resources.
    2. b. Specify values for the rest of the required properties.
    3. c. Click Save. If an automatic change request is configured for the Data Set facet in the Admin Panel, the change request is automatically created in the Pending Start mode.
    4. d. Click Save and Submit. If an automatic change request is configured for the Data Set facet in the Admin Panel, the change request is automatically created. The workflow starts automatically if all the stakeholders are present. If all the stakeholders are not present, the change request is in the Pending Start mode.
    6. From the Type list, select the link type.
    Option
    Description
    Existing
    Select an existing attribute of the data set.
    New from Field
    Create an attribute from the physical field information. If an automatic change request is configured for the Data Set facet in the Admin Panel, the change request is automatically created. The workflow starts automatically if all the stakeholders are present. If all the stakeholders are not present, the change request is in the Pending Start mode.
    7. If the link type is New from Field, Axon automatically populates the Attribute and Definition columns. If the definition is not available, the value displays "Not Defined."
    The Glossary Name column is automatically populated only if a field is linked to a glossary. If an attribute is linked to multiple glossaries, you need to manually select the glossary.
    If you select Existing, you have to manually choose the values for the Attribute and Definition fields. The Glossary Name column is automatically populated if an attribute has a linked glossary.
    8. If you choose to associate the physical fields with Existing and New from Field type attributes, you can see the Type column reset to "-" value.
    9. Optionally, click the x icon if you do not want to link a field of the selected parent to an attribute.
    10. Click Save.
    All physical fields of parent are linked to attributes. If an automatic change request for a data set is in progress, you can see the linked physical fields after the change request is complete.