Viewing Mind Maps

A mind map displays the pictorial representation of a technical asset and its association with other business and technical assets. The technical assets refer to systems, environments, tables, and columns. The business assets refer to business terms, business policies, business rules, and other business assets as defined in the Business Glossary Manager Settings.

You can see Mind Maps in different views:

Logical View
Conceptual View

You can select an asset on a mind map and view its properties, association statistics, and sensitivity under the Object Properties pane.

To view mind maps, follow these steps.

Go to Application Menu > Data Catalog > Metadata Manager.
In the System Catalogue pane, click a <Technical_Asset>.
In the right pane, click the Mind Map tab.

The Mind map page appears and the Logical View opens by default.

For example, if you click an environment in the System Catalogue pane and then click the Mind Map tab, the mind map of the environment appears.

From the Mind Map page, you can click Logical View or Conceptual View to switch between them.
For more information on views, see the list below:
- Logical View
  The logical view displays the associated technical assets on the left side and associated business assets on the right of the business asset. Also, view Mind Map properties on the right-hand side pane.
- Conceptual View
  The logical view displays the associated technical assets in non-hierarchical representation. Also, view the Mind Map properties on the right-hand side pane.
Use the following options to work on the mind map:
Reload Diagram ()
Use this option to reload the mind map.
Expand Diagram ()
Use this option to expand the mind map to view the associated technical and business assets.
Reset Diagram to Original View ()
Use this option to collapse the expanded nodes and restore the mind map to its original form.
Export ()
Use this option to export the mind map. Hover over Export and use the following options:
Mind Map - Excel Report: Use this option to download the mind map in the .xlsx format. Ensure that you expand the mind map before downloading the report.
Mind Map - Image: Use this option to download the mind map as an image, in .jpg format. Ensure that you expand the mind map before downloading the mind map image.
Sensitivity Details - Excel Report: Use this option to download the sensitivity report of all associated assets in the .xlsx format. This report includes sensitive data indicator (SDI), SDI classification, and SDI description of the associated assets.

You can use the following panes to view and analyze a mind map:

Legend
View My Preferences
Object Properties
Overview

Legends

Use the legends to identify the list of components on a mind map.

View My Preferences

You can set your preferences to view the mind map according to your requirements. The preferences setting differs based on the logical and conceptual view. Expand the View My Preferences pane on the right-side and use the following options:

Asset Hierarchy

Use the following options to view asset hierarchy:

Gray Background:
Use this option to display gray colored background for the asset hierarchy nodes. For example, the following mind map displays nodes in the hierarchy with a gray-colored background.
This option is only available for Logical View.
Show Asset Hierarchy/Show Hierarchy:
Use this option to view hierarchy of all the assets in a mind map.

Relationship Options

Use the following options to configure relationship options:

Include Relationships:
Select the check box to display relationships between the assets on the mind map.
Switch to Enterprise Relationship configuration:
Select the check box to apply the selected line color and type configured in the Business Glossary Manager Settings.

For example, in the following mind map, the relationships (is a Synonym of and is Parent Of) and the line color as set in Business Glossary Manager Settings appear on the mind map.

View Logical Names

Use the following options to view logical and expanded logical names of tables and columns on the mind map:

Logical Names:
Select the check box to view logical names of tables and columns on the mind map.
Expanded Logical Names:
Select the check box to view expanded logical names of tables and columns on the mind map.

You can configure logical names and expanded logical names of tables and columns in Metadata Manager.

For example, the following mind map displays logical names and expanded logical names.

View Sensitivity

Use the following options to view sensitivity details of the assets on the mind map:

Sensitivity Data Indicator(Y/N):
Select the check box to view the sensitive assets on the mind map.
Sensitive Data Classification:
Select the check box to view the sensitive data classification of the assets on the mind map.

For example, the following mind map displays the sensitive data indicator as sensitive () and sensitive data classification as Confidential.

For more information on updating sensitivity of assets in a mind map, refer to the Updating Sensitivity topic.

Filter

To filter the components of mind map, expand the Filter pane and use the following options:

By Asset Type:
Use this option to filter in the required asset types in the mind map
By Relationship:
Use this option to filter in the required assets in the mind map based on relationship.

For example, if you select only Column for By Asset Type and is associated with for By Relationship, then only associated columns with is associated with relationship are shown in the mind map.

Object Properties

Click an asset on mind map and view its properties with association statistics and sensitivity. Asset properties differ for technical and business assets.

Overview

Expand this pane to open a pan view of the mind map. You can slide the purple box to navigate across the mind map.