Adding Tables Manually

You can add tables in an environment manually and enter technical and business properties of a table. You can also use User Defined Fields to enter additional properties of a table. UI labels of user defined fields can be configured in Language Settings.

To add tables in environments manually, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Application Menu > Data Catalog > Metadata Manager.
  2. Under the System Catalogue pane, right-click an environment.

  3. Click Add Table.

    4. The Add New Table page appears.

  4. Enter or select appropriate values in the fields. Refer to the following table for field description.

    5. Field Name

    Sub-Field

    Description

    Technical Properties

    Table Name

    Specifies the physical name of the table.

    For example, Account or Currency.

    System Name

    Specifies the physical name of the system under which the table exists.

    For example, Enterprise Data Warehouse.

    It cannot be edited.

    Synonym Reference

    Specifies the synonym reference of the table.

    For example, Sales_Rep_Information.

    It gets its value while scanning the metadata. You cannot enter it manually.

    Environment Name

    Specifies the physical name of the environment under which the table exists.

    It cannot be edited. For example, EDW-Test.

    No of Rows

    Specifies the total number of rows in the table.

    For example, 100.

    Workflow Status

    Specifies the workflow status of the table.

    For example, draft.

    By default, Metadata_Manager_Default_Workflow_1 is assigned to all the tables in the Metadata Manager. You can create and re-assign a workflow to all the tables in an environment. For more information on workflow status, refer to the Assigning Workflows to Tables topic.

    Business Properties

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Data Steward

    Specifies the name of the data steward responsible for the table.

    For example, Jane Doe.

    For more information on configuring list of data stewards, refer to the Configuring Data Stewards topic.

    Table Definition

    Specifies the definition of the table.

    For example: The table contains five columns with emp ID column as the primary key.

    Table Comments

    Specifies comments about the table.

    For example: The table contains details of the employees.

    Table Class

    Specifies the table class property.

    For more information on configuring table class, refer to Configuring Table and Column Class topic.

    DQ Score

    Specifies the overall data quality score of the table.

    For example, High (7-8).

    For more information on configuring DQ scores, refer to the Configuring Data Profiling and DQ Scores topic.

    Logical Table Name

    Specifies the logical name of the table.

    For example, if the physical name of a table is DIM_Customer, then the logical name of the table is Customer Dimension.

    Expanded Logical Name

    Specifies the expanded logical name of the table.

    For example, if the physical name of a table is RM_Resource, then the expanded logical name of the table is RM Sales Representative.

    You can configure expanded logical name of tables in bulk at system and environment level.

    Used in Gap Analysis

    Specifies whether the table is being used as part of a gap analysis to check table usage in mappings.

    Select the check box if the table is used in gap analysis.

    For more information on performing table gap analysis, refer to the Performing Table Gap Analysis topic.

    Table Alias

    Specifies the alias name of the table.

    For example, Sales_Representative_Table.

  5. Click .

    6. The table is added to the environment.