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2. IBM Software Group IBM Information Server Delivering information you can trust 2 Understand Cleanse Transform Deliver Parallel Processing Rich Connectivity to Applications, Data, and Content IBM Information Server Discover, model, and govern information structure and content Standardize, merge, and correct information Combine and restructure information for new uses Synchronize, virtualize and move information for in-line delivery Unified Deployment Unified Metadata Management

3. IBM Software Group What Is Metadata, anyway? 3

4. IBM Software Group Metadata Primer  Business Metadata  Business rules, Definitions, Terminology, Glossaries, Algorithms and Lineage using business language. Audience: Business users.  Technical Metadata  Defines Source and Target systems, their Table and Fields structures and attributes, Derivations and Dependencies. Audience: Specific Tool Users – BI, ETL, Profiling, Modeling.  Operational Metadata  Information about application runs: their frequency, record counts, component by component analysis and other statistics. Audience: Operations, Management and Business Users.  Administrative Metadata  Documents and audits development efforts, assigns Stewards, and handles change management and governance. Audience: Operations, Stewards, Tool Users and Management. 4

5. IBM Software Group Developers Subject Matter Experts Data Analysts Business Users Architects DBAs Why aren’t my tools more integrated? How do I know that that I have an accurate view? How can I actively collaborate with developers? What about Governance, Security, Scalability? Simplify administration, deployment, & maintenance How do I keep track of all my transformations? How do I know if they are using the right rules? What do our users need from their metadata? 5

6. IBM Software Group  Simplify Integration  Increase trust and confidence in information  Increase compliance to standards  Facilitate change management & reuse DesignOperational Developers Subject Matter Experts Data Analysts Business Users Architects DBAs Unified Metadata Management What does Information Server help them achieve? 6

7. IBM Software Group What don’t we do with metadata? Information Server is not providing a general- purpose enterprise metadata repository  There is no intent to maintain third-party metadata  The metadata goal for Information Server is to provide linkages to what is known within the domain of “data integration.” 7

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9. IBM Software Group IBM WebSphere Business Glossary 9 Web-based tool for authoring, managing, and sharing an enterprise vocabulary & classification system

10. IBM Software Group What is Business Metadata  Documents the business meaning of data and related technology assets  Emphasis is on “the language of the business,” independent of technology  Goals  Define a shared meaning of data  Establish responsibility, accountability, and traceability  Help govern access and “state”  Share insights & experiences among users  Managed by those that understand the meaning and importance of the information assets to the business  Better aligns the efforts of IT with the goals of the business 10

11. IBM Software Group Key features of Business Glossary  Support for the definition of a business taxonomy  Data governance “enabler” with strong emphasis on stewardship  Ability to import externally created hierarchies  Web enabled search and browse interface  Provides business level tie to all data integration meta data 11

12. IBM Software Group Shared Metadata Server & Repository Term: Tax Expense Full Name: Tax to be paid on Gross Income “The expense due to taxes …..” (John Walsh is responsible for updates. 90% reliable source) Status: CURRENT Database = DB2 Schema = NAACCT Table = DLYTRANS Column = TAXVL data type = Decimal (14,2) Derivation: SUM(TRNTXAMT) Achieve a common vocabulary between business & technical users! DataStage Business Glossary 12

13. IBM Software Group Business Glossary helps enterprises establish and manage a business “taxonomy”  What is a “taxonomy?”  Represents “controlled vocabularies” whose terms exist in hierarchical relationships  Helps guide the browsing of “vocabularies”  Models the relationship between broad and more narrow terms 13 - Consumer Products Retailing - Finance - General Ledger - Account Number - Account Type Example:

14. IBM Software Group Benefits of WebSphere Business Glossary 14  Consolidated and single view of enterprise wide business information  Facilitates the organization of business terms into a logical and hierarchical structure  Supports assignment of ownership to business metadata to augment and strengthen corporate governance policies  Relates business terms to technical facts  Encourages interaction among professionals throughout the organization (who know the business information best)  Provide a feedback facility for data owners

15. IBM Software Group What is the IBM Metadata Workbench?  Includes out of the box reporting on:  Data movement  Data lineage  Business meaning  Impact of changes  Dependencies 15 Web-based interface for exploration and management of assets produced and consumed by Information Server

16. IBM Software Group How does it work? 16 IBM WebSphere Metadata Server Metadata Services Import/Export Manager IBM WebSphere Metadata Workbench Metadata Workbench WebSphere Federation Server WebSphere Business Glossary Information Server Components WebSphere DataStage & QualityStage Information Analyzer Enterprise Information Assets, e.g. Business Reports Information Server components generate design time and runtime metadata, automatically storing it in the Metadata Server Metadata Workbench allows users to explore, analyze, and enrich the metadata in the Metadata Server

17. IBM Software Group Metadata Workbench Feature Overview  Explore & analyze Information Server assets  Browse individual objects or utilize cross-suite views  Simple and advanced search  Review asset relationships graphically  Build queries  Trace data movement to/from databases, Jobs and reports  Understand business meaning  Measure the impact of change 17

18. IBM Software Group Metadata Workbench Feature Overview  Manage Information Server assets  Edit names and descriptions  Reconcile duplicates  Access runtime information to enrich reporting 18

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20. IBM Software Group VP Sales North America is looking at the annual customer activity report – what is the ultimate source for the column Customer Name? Analyze data lineage for a report column 20

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22. IBM Software Group A DataStage ETL developer wants to make a change to the column CUST_NAME and needs to understand which jobs or reports will be impacted by this change. Impact Analysis based on a column 22

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24. IBM Software Group Analyze system dependencies 24 The data warehouse server needs to be upgraded. Who should I notify and coordinate downtime with?

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