Associating Columns

You can associate columns with business assets, systems, environments, tables, and columns. You can also view mind map and association statistics.

Ensure that:

• Business assets are enabled. You can add new business assets and enable them in Business Glossary Manager Settings.
• Relationship between column and the asset type is defined. You can define associations and relationships in Business Glossary Manager Settings.

To associate columns with asset types, follow these steps:

1. In the System Catalogue pane, click the required column.
2. In the central pane, click the Associations tab.
3. Select an asset type from the drop down.



4. Click .

5. Select Relationship Name, and asset type.
6. Click Save.

The asset is added to the column.



Use the following options under the Actions column:

Edit Association ()

Use this option to edit the association.

Delete Association ()

Use this option to delete the association.

To view mind map, click the Mind Map tab. For more information on working on mind maps, refer to the Viewing Mind Maps topic.