Associating Tables

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

You need to ensure that:

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

To associate table with asset types, follow these steps:

  1. Under the System Catalogue pane, click the required table and click the Associations tab.
  2. Select the asset type from the drop down.

  3. Click .

    4. The Relationship Associations page appears.

  4. Select Relationship Name, and the asset type.
  5. Click Save.

    6. The asset is added to the table.

  6. Use the following options under Actions:
    Edit Association ()
    Use this option to edit the association.
    Delete Association ()
    Use this option to delete the association.

To view mind map, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Mind Map tab.
  2. Use the following options to work on the mind map:
    Expand (+) / Collapse (-)
    To drill the mind map further, hover over the nodes, use (-) to collapse and use (+) to expand.
    Export
    Use this option to download the mind map to .xlsx format or .jpg format.
    Settings
    Layout: Select the layout as normal or orthogonal.
    Custom Relations: Select the check box to display custom relations.
    Show Relationships: Select the check box to display relationships.
    Filter
    Use this option to filter components of the mind map based on asset types or relationships.
    Object Properties
    It displays the association statistics of the system.
    Relationship Context
    Use this option to view the relationship context as defined under the Extended Properties in Business Glossary Manager Settings for the relationship between the table and the asset type.
    To view the relationship context, click the connection between the asset type and the table.
    Overview
    Use this option to view the overview diagram of the mind map.