In this course, we will review upserts and the design choices you need to consider before you begin integration work. When integrating DGC with external applications, it’s important to evaluate whether to use the upsert with an external entity ID or by name. Both options perform the same basic function, but the difference is how DGC determines if a new asset is to be created or updating an existing asset in place.

Some important considerations when completing updates within the DGC from an external process include validating all loaded metadata assets to ensure that the name and/or external ID are unique for that domain. Governance staff should work closely with source system owners to understand the system and be involved with any upgrades in the source system prior to release. Integration developers should fully understand how system IDs are created and managed within the source system. This is part of the criteria to adopt for successful and consistent upserts with external applications and DGC integrations.