Informatica Metadata Manager & Business Glossary

Update for Boston IUG

October 9, 2012

Roger Nolan Director Product Marketing Informatica

Ben Jareo Sr. Data Analyst / Architect Fidelity Investments

Whats New in MM&BG

Very stable product

Data lineage is automatic and very complete

21 documented customer success stories
1 Public 20 Private

Hundreds of active users

The Problem
Changes to your data integration environment and misunderstandings about what the data means can cause errors that will result in bad data. and bad business decisions. 40% of executives in a recent poll said that they are making business decisions based on data they do not trust.

Source: Survey by SimCorp. Jan 2012.

MM&BG Business Drivers

Managing Change in a DI/DW/BI Environment
Visualizing the flow of data in the environment Understanding the impact of proposed changes before implementing

Data Governance / Data Stewardship Initiatives

Data Stewardship / Common Business Vocabulary IT-Business collaboration Managing data as an asset

Regulatory Compliance and Auditing

Showing where numbers came from and how transformed Showing the audit trail of who changed what and when Documenting the environment

Metadata Manager & Business Glossary

Key Features Today
IT Staff Business Users

Metadata Manager

Business Glossary

Advanced Search Data Lineage Impact Analysis Business IT Collaboration View of technical metadata Extensive connectivity Integrated data profiling Linking of business and technical metadata View of business metadata Business term definition Business term management Link to technical metadata Reference data management
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Metadata Manager Connectivity

Metadata Connectors

Mainframe

ERP

Relational & Data Flat Files Integration

Data Modeling Tools

BI Tools

DB2 / zOS

SAP R/3

JDBC Oracle IBM DB2 SQL Server

Informatica PowerCenter

CA ER/win Oracle JDesigner Sybase PowerDesigner IBM InfoSphere DM

Oracle OBIA Business Objects Cognos 8 BI Microstrategy

Informix
Teradata Netezza Embarcadero ER Studio

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting and Analysis Services (SRAS)

SAP BW (new)

Flat Files

Custom & Partner Connectors

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Metadata Manager: Data Lineage

Visualize Data Flows Source to Target

Data Lineage provides the as-built blueprints of how your environment works.

Metadata Manager: Data Lineage

Visualize Data Flows Source to Target

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Metadata Manager: Impact Analysis

Understand the Impact of DI Changes Before You Make Them

Why are so few IT projects delivered on time and within budget?

Impact Analysis shows the cross-dependencies before making a change to the your IT environment?

How do you know you arent removing a load-bearing wall?

Metadata Manager: Impact Analysis

Understand the Impact of DI Changes Before You Make Them

Improved DI productivity and lower business risk

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Business Glossary - Overview

Data Steward

Navigate by Alphabet or Categories

Audit trail

View and edit Business Terms

Manage Reference Table

Relate to Catalog objects

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Customer Feedback: What We Heard

MM is good. BG needs to be business-focused

BG UI needs to be more business-friendly

Needs configurable business term approval workflow

Would like simplified business data lineage

Would like DQ scorecard information for terms Continue to improve the collaboration Integrate across the Informatica product line Theme: Focus on the needs of Data Stewards

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MM&BG 9.5 (June 2012)

Major update of custom XConnect architecture

New XConnect for SAP BW 7.0, 7.3

Revamped XConnects for BI & data modeling tools

Updated all the current XConnect certifications

Cognos 10, OBIEE 11g, Microstrategy 9.2, ER/win 8, PowerDesigner 16, ER/studio 9,

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MM&BG 9.5.1 (December 2012)

Informatica BG Desktop

REST API for anybody to consume BG

XConnect for IDS

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Invoking Desktop Glossary

Select actual cost then CTRL + SHIFT + Q

Selected text in document or web pageuser invokes BGA hotkeys

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Invoking Desktop Glossary

List of search results

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Invoking Desktop Glossary

Pick a specific search term
For more details

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More Info: Returns to BG Home Page

For actual cost

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Q&A

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