[bok-callout]Attribute & Attribute Type
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 |
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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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