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Process

A Process asset allows you to document important business activities so that the activity can be contextualized through relationships. These activities allow business users to record the key reasons on why they consume data. Processes are typically structured as a parent process using the recognized name of the activity, with a series of child process steps that explain the key stages involved in executing that activity. Each individual process object can have its own set of relationships to explain key metadata associations.
The following table describes the columns where you must enter asset values for processes:
Column
Type
Description
Reference ID
Optional
Reference ID is the unique reference identifier for the asset. If you don't specify a reference ID, the system automatically assigns a unique value to the object.
The identifier that you enter here appears in the Reference ID field on the user interface.
The system uses the following format to generate a reference ID:
<Prefix>-<Number>
Example: ‘PRC-1’, ‘DS-10’
If you specify a reference ID, ensure that the value that you enter doesn’t use the format that is used by the system to automatically generate reference IDs.
Type of Entry: Alphanumeric characters, including spaces and special characters. There is no limitation on special characters to be used in names.
Example: ‘PRC ID-18’, ‘PCS REF:98’
Name
Required
Name for the asset. Consider entering a unique name so that you can distinguish this asset from other assets.
Type of Entry: Alphanumeric characters, including spaces and special characters. There is no limitation on special characters to be used in names.
Example: ‘Generate Lead’, ‘Process Name: 29’, ‘Initiate KYC
Description
Optional
Definition of the asset. The description appears in the asset page.
You can enter a detailed description of the asset so that users can understand how it is used in your governance context.
Type of Entry: Formatted text.
To add an image to the description, use the following syntax:
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You can add only an image of Base64 format to the description. Other image formats are not supported.
Duration
Optional
Duration of the process. You can specify the process duration in weeks, days, or hours.
Type of Entry: Specify a positive integer and enter Hour, Hours, Week, Weeks, Day or Days. The duration value isn't case-sensitive.
If you enter only a positive integer, the system considers the process duration in days.
Examples:
  • - 4 - The system considers the process duration as 4 days.
  • - 5 week - The system considers the process duration as 5 weeks.
  • - 7 HOUR - The system considers the process duration as 7 hours.
Lifecycle
Optional
Lifecycle status of the asset. The default status is Published.
You can select one of the following options:
  • - Draft. Typically used when you are creating a fresh asset.
  • - In Review. Typically used when an asset is being reviewed by stakeholders.
    • Note: Informatica recommends that you don't use a bulk import template to set an asset lifecycle to In Review.
  • - Published. Typically used when an asset has been reviewed and accepted by stakeholders and is ready for use by the wider organization.
  • - Obsolete. Typically used when a business asset is no longer in use. Once an asset is in the Obsolete status, the only other status change allowed is Published.
Process Type
Optional
The type of process.
You can select one of the following values:
  • - Process. An entire process.
  • - Step. A specific step in the process.
  • - Control. An intermediate option within the process that determines the direction of the subsequent steps.
Step Type
Optional
Specify the type of step in the process.
You can select one of the following values:
  • - Common. A step that is linked to more than one tasks in a process.
  • - Starting. The starting step indicates the onset of a process and a process can have only one starting step.
  • - Ending. The ending step specifies that the process is completed or failed.
Operation
Required
Select an operation for the asset.
You can select one of the following options:
  • - Create. You want to create the asset.
  • - Update. You want to modify an existing asset. In this case, the Reference ID column is mandatory, along with the columns that you want to modify. For example, if you want to modify the Lifecycle of an asset, you must enter the Reference ID and Lifecycle values, but you don't need to specify values for the other fields, including the fields that are marked as mandatory.
  • - Delete. You want to delete an existing asset. In this case, the Reference ID is the only column that is mandatory. You don't need to specify values for any field, including mandatory fields. Before you delete an asset, ensure that you have removed or deleted all associated relationships and parent-child relationships of the asset.
Parent: Process
Optional
Enter the reference ID or the name of the parent Process asset.
Ensure that you specify only one parent Process asset.
Stakeholder: Governance Administrator
Optional
User or user group that you want to assign as stakeholders of the asset under the Governance Administrator role. If you enter the name of the user, the user becomes a stakeholder of the asset. If you enter a user group here, all users that belong to the user group become stakeholders of the asset. You can also remove a user or user group as a stakeholder of the asset.
Ensure that the users or user groups that you specify are already assigned the relevant user role. For example, to add a user as a stakeholder with the Governance Owner stakeholder role on an asset, the user must already be assigned the Governance Owner user role from the Administrator console.
Type of Entry: Email address of the user, first name followed by the last name with a space in between, or last name followed by comma then the first name, without any spaces in between. To enter multiple values, use a semicolon to separate each value. Do not use a space to separate different values.
If you want to add a user and a user group as the stakeholders of an asset, ensure that you enter the user names and the user group names in separate rows.
To add a stakeholder, you can optionally prefix the term ADD: to the user or user group. To remove a stakeholder, you must mandatorily prefix the term DELETE: to the user or user group.
Examples:
To add users: “steve@yourorg.com;John Admin;Rhodes,Jane”
To add users using the ADD prefix: “ADD:steve@yourorg.com;John Admin;Rhodes,Jane”
To remove users using the DELETE prefix: “DELETE:steve@yourorg.com;John Admin;Rhodes,Jane”
Stakeholder: (Stakeholder role name)
Optional
User or user group that you want to assign as stakeholders of the asset under the (Stakeholder role name) stakeholder role. If you enter the name of the user, the user becomes a stakeholder of the asset. If you enter a user group here, all users that belong to the user group become stakeholders of the asset. You can also remove a user or user group as a stakeholder of the asset.
Ensure that the users or user groups that you specify are already assigned the relevant user role. For example, to add a user as a stakeholder with the Governance Owner stakeholder role on an asset, the user must already be assigned the Governance Owner user role from the Administrator console.
Type of Entry: Email address of the user, first name followed by the last name with a space in between, or last name followed by comma then the first name, without any spaces in between. To enter multiple values, use a semicolon to separate each value. Do not use a space to separate different values.
If you want to add a user and a user group as the stakeholders of an asset, ensure that you enter the user names and the user group names in separate rows.
To add a stakeholder, you can optionally prefix the term ADD: to the user or user group. To remove a stakeholder, you must mandatorily prefix the term DELETE: to the user or user group.
Examples:
To add users: “steve@yourorg.com;John Admin;Rhodes,Jane”
To add users using the ADD prefix: “ADD:steve@yourorg.com;John Admin;Rhodes,Jane”
To remove users using the DELETE prefix: “DELETE:steve@yourorg.com;John Admin;Rhodes,Jane”
The template displays all the stakeholder roles that are relevant for the asset. For more information about stakeholder roles, see the Asset Management help.