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Project Components

A project contains one or more data sources. Other components that you add to a project depend on the operations that you need to perform on the data.
The following table describes the components that you can create in a project:
Component
Operation
Description
Data Source
Data subset
Data discovery
Data masking
Data generation
Defines the input data that you want to transform.
Entity
Data subset
Data generation
Defines a set of related tables based on physical or logical constraints. Define an entity for a data subset or a data generation operation. Create an entity in the Define view of a project.
Group
Data subset
Defines a set of unrelated tables to copy to a target subset database with data subset. Create a Group in the Define view of a project.
Plan
Data masking
Data subset
Data generation
Defines data subset, data masking, or data generation operations. Generate a PowerCenter workflow from a plan. Define a plan in the Execute view of a project.
Policy assignments
Data masking
Assigns policies to the project. When you assign a policy to a project, the project receives the data domains and the data masking rules in the policy.
Profile
Data discovery
Suggests the primary keys, relationships, and data domains in a source based on source data and metadata. Define a profile in the Discover view of a project.
Rule assignments
Data masking
Data generation
Defines which data masking or generation rules apply to a source column.
Template
Data subset
A reusable component that contains the entities and groups that you want to subset based on common parameters. Create a template in the Define view of a project.