New Features in Version 7.1
This section describes new Axon features in version 7.1.
Axon with Enterprise Data Catalog
Effective in version 7.1, the Axon and Enterprise Data Catalog integration includes the following enhancements:
- Enterprise Data Catalog Parameters
- You can configure the following Enterprise Data Catalog parameters in Admin Panel:
- Enable Lineage Recommendation Notifications
- Send notifications for the recommended attribute relationships based on the lineage in Enterprise Data Catalog.
- Default Glossary
- The default glossary name that you want to associate with the objects onboarded from Enterprise Data Catalog. Axon uses this default glossary if you choose to not onboard objects with associated glossaries to a System object.
- Automatically Delete Attribute Relationships
- Automatically deletes attribute relationships that are no longer valid if a linked physical field is deleted from Enterprise Data Catalog. This deletion applies to attribute relationships that are automatically created based on the lineage recommendations from Enterprise Data Catalog.
- View Custom Attributes for Physical Fields
- View custom attributes for physical fields from Enterprise Data Catalog.
- Restrict Access Based on Enterprise Data Catalog Permissions
- You can restrict access to assets in Axon based on the access permissions to the assets in Enterprise Data Catalog.
- Configure Timeout Period for Enterprise Data Catalog API
- The maximum time period in seconds that Axon waits for the Enterprise Data Catalog API to respond.
- Enterprise Data Catalog Server Proxy Host
- The proxy host name for the Enterprise Data Catalog server.
- Enterprise Data Catalog Server Proxy Port Number
- The proxy port number for the Enterprise Data Catalog server.
- Test Connection
- After you configure the Enterprise Data Catalog parameters from the Admin Panel, you can test the connectivity to Enterprise Data Catalog to ensure that the specified parameters are correct. If all the parameters are correct, you can view that the connection is successful. If any parameter is incorrect, the connection fails and an error message appears. You cannot test the connectivity for the Enterprise Data Catalog proxy parameters.
- Bulk Upload Validations
- When you bulk upload Attribute X Physical Field and System X Resource templates, Axon validates the bulk upload task based on your permissions to access the physical fields in Enterprise Data Catalog.
- Automatically Created Attribute Relationships
- If there are multiple hop relationships between the physical fields in Enterprise Data Catalog, you can view the automatically created attribute relationships in Axon. To view additional relationships that are created, you need to run the Axon scanner.
- Link Removal Notifications
- If a resource or physical field is deleted from Enterprise Data Catalog and if you have not configured to automatically delete attribute relationships from the Admin Panel, the automatically created attribute relationships are not removed from Axon. Axon sends email and interface notification to the Data Set stakeholder about the relationships that are not valid. Axon sends notifications based on the Automatically Delete Attribute Relationships and Enable Lineage Recommendation Notifications configuration in the Admin Panel.
- Data Onboarding Rules
- Create data onboarding rules from the Admin Panel to control the onboarding of objects into Axon systems. In a System object, apply data onboarding rules that you have configured. You need to enable the automated onboarding process from the System object. Based on the rule configuration, the Enterprise Data Catalog assets are filtered and the corresponding data set and attributes are onboard to the Axon system.
- You can also apply data onboarding rules in a System object to download and preview data in the CSV format. Use this data later to bulk upload data manually to Axon.
- Onboarded Attributes Metadata
- After the attributes are onboarded, you can view additional columns, such as Data Type, Data Length, and Key, with the values populated from Enterprise Data Catalog in Axon. You can view these columns while you manually link attributes to physical fields from the Axon interface.
- You can view the additional columns from the following areas in the Axon interface:
- - The Data > Data Attributes view of a Glossary object
- - The Attributes facet view from the Unison search
- - The Attributes tab of a Data Set object
- - The Data > Data Attributes view of a System object
- Physical Field Details
- In Axon, you can view the physical field details, such as datatype, primary key, custom attributes, and pattern, from Enterprise Data Catalog. When you click a physical field name, a dialog box appears in Axon with additional details for the physical field from Enterprise Data Catalog.
- You can view the physical field details from the following areas of Axon:
- - Create > Manage Catalog Links > Physical Fields
- - System > Enterprise Catalog > Physical Fields
- - Glossary > Enterprise Catalog > Physical Fields
- - Data Set > Enterprise Catalog > Physical Fields
- - Glossary > Data > Data Attributes
- - System > Data > Data Attributes
- - Data Set > Data Attributes
- - Physical Fields facet in Unison search
- Export Resource Metadata
- To retrieve more information on the Enterprise Data Catalog resources, you can export the resources metadata to a CSV file. For example, if you want to bulk upload the relationship between Enterprise Data Catalog resources and Axon systems, you need additional information, such as resource identifiers.
You can export resources metadata from the following areas of Axon:
- - Create > Manage Catalog Links > Resources.
- - System > Enterprise Catalog > Resources.
- Support for Additional Resources and Physical Fields
- You can view the following additional types of resources from Enterprise Data Catalog:
- - SAP ERP
- - SAP HANA
- - SAP S/4HANA
- - SAP BW
- - SAP BW/4HANA
- - QlikSense
- You can view the following types of physical fields from Enterprise Data Catalog:
- - QlikSense Column
- - QlikSense Dimension
- - QlikSense Measure
- - SAP HANA Attribute
- - SAP HANA Measure
- - SAP S/4HANA View Field
- - SAP S/4HANA Table Field
- - SAP BW Field
- - SAP BW Dimension Field
- - SAP BW Key Figures Field
- - SAP BW Data Source Field
- - SAP BW Characteristics Field
- - SAP BW Navigational Attribute Field
- - SAP BW Query Field
- - SAP BW/4HANA Data Source Field
- - SAP BW/4HANA Query Field
- - SAP BW/4HANA Dimension Field
- - SAP BW/4HANA Key Figures Field
- - SAP BW/4HANA Navigational Attribute Field
- - SAP BW/4HANA Characteristics Field
- - SAP BW/4HANA Field
Note: For SAP ERP resources, View Field appears as "View Column" and Table Field appears as "Column" in Axon.
- Axon Scanners
- You can configure the Axon resource to extract metadata from the following assets:
- - Attribute. Enterprise Data Catalog extracts the manually created as well as the curated attributes.
- - Policy
- - System
- - Dataset
You can view the following attributes in the Catalog for the assets:
Asset | Attributes |
|---|
Attribute | Name, Definition, Object URL, Data type, and Data length |
Policy | Name, Definition, Lifecycle, Status, Access Type, Policy Type, and Object URL |
System | Name, Definition, Lifecycle, Status, Access Type, System Type, and Object URL |
Dataset | Name, Definition, Object URL, Status, Lifecycle, Access Type, and DataSet type |
You can also read the details of the native users, LDAP users, and SSO users associated with the assets in the Catalog.
- You can view the following relationships in the Catalog:
- - Parent-child relationship between Axon artifacts and extracted objects
- - Semantic relationship between the glossary assets
- You can reconcile the domain users by selecting the Allow Filtering option for the Email system attribute in the Catalog Administrator.
For more information on Axon Scanners, see the Informatica 10.4.1 Enterprise Data Catalog Scanner Configuration Guide.
For more information on the Axon application, see the Informatica Axon 7.1 Data Governance Administrator Guide and Informatica Axon 7.1 Data Governance User Guide.
Data Marketplace Features and Enhancements
Effective in version 7.1, the Data Marketplace includes the following enhancements:
- New Log in Page
- You can now launch the Data Marketplace through a URL. A guest user can access home page and search page, and view data collections. You must enter your login details to request an access to the data collections in the Data Marketplace.
- Home Page
- The Data Marketplace home page displays tile view of the data collections. The page displays maximum of 16 tiles. The tiles show the number of data consumers who have access to the data collections.
- Configure Data Marketplace
- You can perform the following configuration tasks in the Data Marketplace:
- - Assign administrators and technical owners to the data collections.
- - Attach policies and usage guidelines to data collection. You can configure default Eula policies.
- - Configure formats, methods, delivery targets, and data presentations for the data collections.
- - Specify the change request system when the data user requests access to a data collection.
- - Create custom fields for orders and requests of the data collections.
- Search and Filter Data Collection
- You can search data collections by their names in the Data Marketplace. You can create and use filters to narrow down your search. In the search page you can view the list of the data collections that matches your search and filter criteria.
- Rate a Data Collection
- You can view the overall rating and rating break down score of the data collection. The Ratings and Comments section in the data collection displays the ratings and comments in the chronological order. Data owners and Technical owners can review the ratings of their data collections. Data consumers can add their comments and rate the data collections.
- Request a New Data Collection
- If you cannot find a data collection that matches your requirement, you can ask a data owner to publish a new collection. You can see your request in the My Request page. After the data owner publishes the new data collection, you can find the data collection in the Search page.
- View Data Sets in Axon Data Governance
- If you are a data owner or data user, you can view a data set in Axon Data Governance.
- Inventory Tab
- The Inventory section allows a data owner or the default technical owner to view the list of the ordered data sets and the status of the ordered data sets across all the data collections.
- Email Notification
- Data Marketplace sends notifications to a data consumer and data user in the following scenarios:
- - A data owner receives the email notification when a data consumer requests access to the data collection.
- - A data consumer receives the email notification on the status of the access request.
- - A data consumer receives the email notification when a data owner publishes the requested data collection.
- Bulk Upload of Access Order Details
- An Axon SuperAdmin or the Data Marketplace Administrator can bulk upload access order details from Axon Data Governance in the Data Marketplace.
- Integration with ServiceNow
- You can configure Axon Data Marketplace to connect to the ServiceNow as an external change request system. When you request access to a data collection, the Data Marketplace can create a ticket in the change request system and include the object stakeholders in the workflow.
- Discussion Tab
- A data consumer can view and add comments in the Discussion section of the data collection page. The new comments appears at the top of the section.
- Column Settings in Tables
- You can choose to hide or show column names according to your requirements in the table that contains data collections. For example, you can choose to hide columns that contain details, such as owner and consumer. You can choose to show external ticket column.
- Download Data Collection
- You can download data collections in a .csv file.
- Tile View of Data Collections
- The Data I Own, Data I Use, and My Orders pages display data collections in the tile view.
For more information, see Informatica Data Marketplace 7.1 User Guide, Informatica Data Marketplace 7.1 Administrator Guide, and Informatica Axon Bulk Upload 7.1 Reference Guide.
Workflows and Change Requests
Effective in version 7.1, you can configure different workflows for different object types. For example, you can specify a workflow for change requests created for the Glossary domain object and another workflow for change requests created for the Glossary term object.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 User Guide and Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Administrator Guide.
Work with Segments
Effective in version 7.1, segments contain the following configuration tasks:
- Assign Segment Admin Users to Segment
- The SuperAdmin can assign Segment Admin users to a segment through Single Sign-On (SSO) identity provider.
- Assign Users to Segment
- The SuperAdmin or Segment Admin user can assign Axon users to a segment through SSO. Before you assign users to the segment from the SSO identity provider, make sure to configure Axon to retrieve users from the SSO identity provider.
- View Segments in Unison Search
- On the Unison search page if you want to view the segment to which an object belongs, you can select the Segments option from the list of columns. The Segments column is hidden by default. If an object belongs to more than one segment, the Segments column displays segment names in the following format: Segment Name 1, +n. When you click the +n hyperlink, you can view the additionally assigned segments.
- Recent Objects
- You can view the recently visited objects based on the segments that you can access. If you visit an object that belongs to a segment and you are removed from the segment later, you cannot see the object from the My Items > Recent view.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon 7.1 Administrator Guide, Informatica Axon 7.1 Data Governance User Guide, and Informatica Axon 7.1 Bulk Upload Reference Guide.
Retrieve Users from Multiple LDAP Servers to Axon
Effective in version 7.1, Axon can connect to the multiple LDAP servers in your organization, retrieve users, assign user profiles, and display users in the Axon interface.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 User Guide and Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Administrator Guide.
View Profiles and Scorecards Associated with Local Data Quality Rules in Informatica Analyst Tool
Effective in version 7.1, you can open profiles or scorecards in Informatica Analyst tool from Axon local data quality rules.
A clickable reference link appears in Axon data quality rules when the administrator configures the Analyst tool instance URL in the System Settings of the Admin Panel.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 User Guide and Informatica xon Data Governance 7.1 Administrator Guide.
Bulk Upload Data
Effective in version 7.1, the bulk upload operation includes the following enhancements:
- Bulk Update Data Quality Rules
- Use the bulk update templates to update the standard and local data quality rules.
- Bulk Delete Roles
- Use the bulk upload templates to delete roles for the objects instead of deleting the role for each object from the Axon interface. To update roles in bulk, you have to first delete the existing roles and then create the roles that you want.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon 7.1 Bulk Upload Reference Guide.
APIs to Create or Delete Single and Multiple Roles
Effective in version 7.1, you can use APIs to create or delete single and multiple roles from Axon.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 REST API Guide.
Delete Dropdown Configuration Values
Effective in version 7.1, you can choose to delete the dropdown configuration value that you added in the Admin Panel.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon 7.1 Data Governance Administrator Guide.
Unison and API Search Filter
Effective in version 7.1, you can apply a filter in Unison and API search to find all the objects that a user has created or updated.
Select a facet and apply the Created By filter to search and add the users.
You can apply the Created By filter for the following facets:
- •System
- •Glossary
- •Data Set
- •Attribute
- •Policy
- •Project
- •Process
- •System Interface
In the searchGroups category of the API query, you can specify the value type to search all the objects that a user has created or updated.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon 7.1 Data Governance User Guide and Informatica Axon 7.1 REST API Guide.
Periodic Review of Objects
Effective in version 7.1, you can configure Axon to periodically initiate the review process to ensure that the objects are updated according to the data governance requirements of your organization.
You can configure periodic review for the following facets:
- •Data Set
- •Glossary
- •Process
- •System
You can choose to start the review of the objects at different frequencies, such as monthly, quarterly, and yearly. When the periodic review of objects starts, Axon sends email notifications to the users.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 User Guide and Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Administrator Guide.
Phone Home Enhancements
Effective in version 7.1, Axon sends the following diagnostic information to Informatica if the Phone Home option is enabled:
- •Number of the licensed users and active licensed users.
- •Axon facets and objects in the facet.
For more information, see Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Administrator Guide.
Notifications via Email to Object Follower
Effective in version 7.1, you can choose to receive notifications via email if a user has made changes to an object where you are a follower.
The content of the notification email can vary based on whether the role is included in the underlying workflow.
For more information, see Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 User Guide.
New Walkthroughs
Effective in version 7.1, you can view the following new and updated walkthroughs in Axon:
- New Walkthroughs
- You can view the following new walkthroughs in Axon:
- - Configure Access to Enterprise Data Catalog
- - Configure Access to LDAP
- - Configure Access to Informatica Data Quality
- - Create Default Workflows
- - Configure Default Change Requests
- - Connect External Change Request System
- - Introduction Data Marketplace
- - Enable Data Marketplace
- - Configure Data Marketplace
- - Publish Data Set
- - Shop For Data
- - Approve or Reject Data Access Request
- - Fulfill Data Access Request
- Updated Walkthroughs
- You can view the following updated walkthroughs in Axon:
- - Configure Email Notifications
- - Create a Segment
- - Assign Users to a Segment
- - Bulk Upload
- - Create Change Request
- - Share Dashboard
Axon Docker Utility
Effective in version 7.1, you can run the docker image to deploy Axon or the Axon Agent on Amazon Web services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or on-premises.
The Informatica container utility provides quick and easy access to install and configure Docker for Axon or the Axon Agent. You can create standard Docker images and create a container using Docker.
With quick deployment feature, you can run the Informatica Docker image with a standard pre-built image of Axon or the Axon Agent.
For more information, see Install Axon or Axon Agent on Docker with the Container Utility.
PostgreSQL Database
Effective in version 7.1, you can perform the following tasks for the PostgreSQL database:
- External PostgreSQL Database Instances
- While you install Axon, you can choose to configure the PostgreSQL database on external instances, such as Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL, in the advanced settings. You can choose to provide a connect string to connect to the PostgreSQL instance on Amazon RDS or Azure PostgreSQL. If you do not choose to provide a connect string, specify the host name, port number, administrator user name, administrator user password, and the existing PostgreSQL database name on the Amazon RDS or Azure PostgreSQL instance.
- Configure Passwords for PostgreSQL Databases
- While you install Axon, you can choose to configure custom password for PostgreSQL databases in the advanced settings. After you configure a password for the Axon Core service, you can either choose to configure the same password or separate passwords for the other database services.
- Update Passwords for PostgreSQL Databases
- After you install or upgrade Axon, your database administrator might modify a database user password later according to the security policies of your organization. After your database administrator modifies the password, you must update the password in Axon configuration to connect to the database.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Installation Guide and Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Administrator Guide.
Configure Graph Database Cluster on External Nodes
Effective in version 7.1, you can configure the graph database in a cluster on external nodes for better search concurrence, scaling, and performance.
When you install Axon, you need to provide the graph database cluster information in the advanced configuration.
For more information, see the Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Installation Guide.
Support for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Source for Profiles and Scorecards
Effective in version 7.1, you can associate a local data quality rule with a profile or scorecard in Informatica Data Quality on an Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
For more information, see Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 User Guide.
View User and Session Timeout Details in Logs
Effective in version 7.1, you can view user name, user email, and session timeout details in the log files.
For more information, see Informatica Axon Data Governance 7.1 Administrator Guide.
Supported Browsers
Effective in version 7.1, you can open the Axon application in the following browsers:
- •Microsoft Edge Chromium
- •Safari
For more information on supported browser versions and operating systems, see the Product Availability Matrices (PAMs).
New Operating System Version Support
Effective in version 7.1, you can install Axon on the following versions of the operating systems:
- •SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
- •Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.8 and 7.9
- •CentOS Linux version 7.7
For more information on supported on operating systems and versions, see the Product Availability Matrices (PAMs).