Attribute Types

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An Attribute is a literal value that captures information about an Asset. An attribute is an instance of exactly one Attribute Type. 

An Attribute Type formally defines the class (text, numeric, selection, boolean) of information that is contained in an attribute.

For example:

  • ‘Definition’ is the name of an attribute type of class ‘text’.
  • An asset of type ‘Business Term’ with name ‘Customer’ has an attribute of type ‘Description’ with value ‘Person that placed at least one order for at least one product with Bank and Insurance’.

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Following is a table of the out of the box attribute types that come with a newly installed DGC software instance.

Name  Description  Assigned to asset type  Class  Values
Abbreviation A shorthand signifier for an asset. not assigned  Text  
Analysis The analysis of this issue. Issue Text  
Application Regulation   Database, Technology Asset Text  
Application Scope The scope of applications that correspond to this policy. Crosswalk, Database, Mapping Specification, Technology Asset Text  
Application Standards   Technology Asset Text  
Background Background information on the asset. not assigned Text  
Calculation Rule The rule that specifies how the KPI or Metric is calculated. KPI Text  
Data Source The data source of an asset. It specifies where the data corresponding to this asset is coming from. not assigned Text  
Data Type The Data Type of a data asset. For example: String, Integer, Varchar, Blob, Boolean, … Table Column, Data Attribute, Data Element Text  
Data Type Precision The precision of the data type. For example how many characters it can contain. Table Column, Data Attribute, Data Element Numeric  
Definition The definition of the business asset. This is the shortest possible description that clearly defines the business asset. KPI, Business Term, Business Asset Text  
Description The description of the asset. This is typically a more verbose way to describe what the asset means. Business Rule, Code Set, Code Value, Crosswalk, Database, Database Table, Data Asset, Data Attribute, Data Element, Data Entity, Data Model, Data Quality Dimension, Data Quality Rule, Governance Asset, Issue, Mapping Specification, Policy, Table Column, Technology Asset, Validation Rule Text  
Descriptive Example An example of the asset. Business Asset, Business Rule, Business Term, Code Value, Database, Database Table, Data Asset, Data Attribute, Data Element, Data Entity, Data Model, Data Quality Rule, Governance Asset, KPI, Policy, Table Column, Technology Asset Text  
Effective Date The data on which the asset becomes effective. Business Rule, Code Set, Code Value, Data Quality Rule, Governance Asset, Policy Text  
Entity Load Date The load date of the entities from the external system. not assigned Text  
Exception Scenario The exception scenario. Business Rule, Data Quality Rule, Governance Asset, Policy Text  
Inferred Data Type The Data Type of a data asset that was automatically inferred by profiling corresponding instance data. not assigned Text  
Is Integer   not assigned Binary Choice  
Is Mandatory Is the asset mandatory or not. Data Attribute, Data Element, Table Column Binary Choice  
Is Unique If the asset is unique or not. Data Attribute, Data Element, Table Column Binary Choice  
IT Requirements Describes the requirements form an IT perspective for the asset. Crosswalk, Mapping Specification Text  
Keep History   not assigned Binary Choice  
Load Sample   not assigned Text  
Loaded Rows The number of rows that were loaded. not assigned Numeric  
Loaded Values The number of values that were loaded. not assigned Numeric  
Location The location where the actual asset is stored or can be found. Code Set, Code Value, Database, Data Asset, Data Attribute, Data Element, Data Entity, Data Model, Table Column, Technology Asset, Text  
Materiality   not assigned Text  
Max Length The maximum length of any value corresponding to the data asset. not assigned Numeric  
Measurement The measurement of the asset. Business Rule, Data Quality Rule, Governance Asset, Policy, Numeric  
Min Length The minimum length of any value corresponding to the data asset. not assigned Numeric  
Note A note. Business Asset, Business Rule, Business Term, Code Set, Code Value, Database, Data Asset, Data Attribute, Data Element, Data Entity, Data Model, Data Quality Rule, Database Table, Governance Asset, KPI, Policy, Table Column, Technology Asset, Text  
Null Count The number of null values in the data corresponding to the data asset. not assigned Numeric  
Number of Attributes The number of attribute of the data entity. not assigned Numeric  
Number of Values The number of distinct instance values in the data corresponding to the data asset. not assigned Numeric  
Passing Fraction The % of rows or entities that have passed the rule. not assigned Numeric  
Predicate The logical formula that will be executed to implement the rule. Data Quality Rule Text  
Priority The priority of this issue. Issue Selection Blocking, Critical, Urgent, Normal, Minor
Purpose The reason why the asset exists. Governance Asset, Policy Text  
Resolution The solution of how this issue can or is resolved. Issue Text  
Result The result. not assigned Binary Choice  
Rows Failed The amount of rows that failed the rule. not assigned Numeric  
Rows Passed The amount of rows that passed the rule. not assigned Numeric  
Rule The description of the rule. not assigned Text  
Schema Name The name of the schema not assigned Text  
Script Language   not assigned Text  
Sequence Number The sequence number of the asset. Often used to order assets in a specific way. Data Attribute, Data Element, Table Column Numeric  
Source Type The source type of an asset. not assigned Text  
State   not assigned Text  
State Changed by   not assigned Text  
State Changed Date   not assigned Text  
Threshold The minimum percentage of all rows or entities that must pass the rule. not assigned Numeric  
Transformation Logic   not assigned Text  
Validation Result   not assigned Binary Choice  
Validation Script   Validation Rule Script  
Value Distribution The distribution percentage of the values not assigned Numeric  

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