New Features in Version 5.3
This section describes new Axon features in version 5.3.
Bulk Upload
Effective in version 5.3, the bulk upload operation contains the following new features:
- Filter Options
- After you select the bulk upload type, you can search for the template name that you want to download. The template names are sorted in ascending order. When you start typing a keyword in the search, Axon suggests the matching object, relationship, or role that you want to upload.
- Templates
- You can download and use the following templates:
- Object
- You can download the following Regulatory object templates to bulk upload new items:
- You can download the following templates to bulk update existing items:
- ▪ Regulation
- ▪ Geography
- ▪ People
- Additional Fields
- The following object templates contain additional fields:
- ▪ The Process template includes the Create Permission, Read Permission, Update Permission, Delete Permission, Archive Permission, Process Duration, and Duration Type fields.
- ▪ The Attribute template includes the DB Field Name field.
- ▪ The Glossary template includes the Glossary Alias Name field.
- Relationship
- Download the following relationship templates to bulk upload the relationships between objects:
- ▪ Capability X Business Area
- ▪ Capability X Legal Entity
- ▪ Data Set X Legal Entity
- ▪ Legal Entity X Geography
- ▪ Regulation X Policy
- ▪ System X Legal Entity
For more information, see the Administer chapter in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
Glossary
Effective in version 5.3, the Glossary facet has the following features:
- Glossary Type
- You can view the glossary type next to the glossary name. The default glossary types are Entity, Term, and Domain. You can view the glossary type for parent and child glossaries.
You can view the type of a glossary in the following sections of the user interface:
- - Glossary object and the associated grids view
- - The My Items menu
- - Data Set, Attributes, and System objects
- - Unison grid view
- - The Impact tab of all the facets that have associated glossaries.
- - Unison Search and Quick Search suggestions
- Glossary Rollup View
- You can choose to roll up glossary relationships for a complete view of data governance and the usage of the entire domain. In the Glossary Rollup View of an object, you can view all the relationships from the immediate child glossaries, the grandchild glossaries, and all the facets that are linked to the child glossaries. You can view the rolled up relationships from the Impact and Data tabs of a glossary object.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
Bulk Accept Roles
Effective in version 5.3, you can choose to accept the roles in bulk instead of accepting the roles from each object. You might be assigned several objects, such as glossaries and processes. You can accept the roles in bulk for a user from the People facet. WebUser, Admin, and SuperAdmin user profiles can accept the roles in bulk.
For more information, see the Administer chapter in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
Quick Links
Effective in version 5.3, you can use a quick link to view the search results for a predefined search. You do not need to log in to view the quick link. An Admin or SuperAdmin user can select a saved search so that the users can access it as a quick link button from the Unison search page. Axon displays the name of the selected search as a quick link button.
For more information, see the Search and View chapter in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
Map Overlays
Effective in version 5.3, the System map includes the Legal Entity and Geography overlays. The Process map includes the Geography overlay. The map overlays are grouped based on the category of facets.
For more information, see the Search and View chapter in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
Geography
Effective in version 5.3, when you create a Geography object, you can add a parent to define the hierarchy. You can view all the changes made to the Geography object on the History tab.
For more information, see the Create chapter in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
Configure Glossary Rollup Settings and Quick Links
Effective in version 5.3, you can configure many options such as glossary rollup settings and quick links from the Admin panel. Admin and SuperAdmin users can configure these options from Customize & Configure > Configure Options.
Configure the glossary types that you want to see in the rollup view. To save the configuration changes, you need to clear the Axon cache and load the cache with the new configuration values.
To configure quick links, select a saved search that you want to display as a quick link button on the Unison search page.
For more information, see the Administer chapter in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
Date and Time Display Format
Effective in version 5.3, you can specify the format to display the date and time in the Axon interface.
For more information, see the Configure Regional Settings topic in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 Administrator Guide.
Strong Password
Effective in version 5.3, users that log in to Axon must use passwords that are at least eight characters long and contain at least one lowercase character, one uppercase character, one numeric digit, and one special character.
For more information, see the Logging In to Axon topic in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 User Guide.
API to Retrieve Process Objects and Linked Objects
Use a REST API to retrieve the objects of the Process facet. You can also retrieve the objects of facets that are linked to the Process facet. Enter specific search criteria within the API query to retrieve a specific object. You can also narrow the search criteria to retrieve only specific fields from linked objects.
For more information, see the Retrieve Facets and Linked Objects topic in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 REST API Guide.
Improved Installation Experience
Effective in version 5.3, you can install Axon seamlessly with a non-root user in Linux and with fewer RPM Package Manager (RPM) file dependencies.
Installation by Non-root User
You can install Axon in your Linux system using a non-root user. All Axon files, services, scripts, and database objects are contained and managed in the Axon directory for the non-root user.
For more information, see the Users in the Linux Environment topic in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 Installation Guide.
Fewer RPM Prerequisites
To install Axon, you need only the following RPMs or their higher versions:
- •apr-1.4.8
- •apr-util-1.5.2
- •glibc-2.17
- •libevent-2.0.21
- •libselinux-2.5
- •mailcap-2.1.41
- •openssl-libs-1.0.2k
- •systemd-219
- •yajl-2.0.4
Other RPM packages required in earlier versions are not required in Axon version 5.3.
For more information, see the Internal RPM Package Manager Files topic in the Informatica Axon Data Governance 5.3 Installation Guide.