In the Master Data Browser page or the Staging Data
Browser page, you can add new master data records or staging data records to
the selected entity. The data records you added are validated against the data model you
select before browsing the entity.
Before you begin
- The MDM server is already launched.
- You have been assigned a role with the appropriate user authorization and access
rights.
- At least one view has been created in Talend Studio.
For more information, see Creating a View.
- Make sure you have selected the data container that holds the master data you want
to manage and the data model against which the master data will be validated.
About this task
The following example shows how to add a new master data record for the
entity
Product.
Procedure
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In the Menu panel, click
Browse and then click
Master Data Browser to open
the Master Data Browser page.
Example
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In the entity field, click the arrow and then select from the
list the entity to which you want to add a data record. In
this example, select Product.
Click the
button in the upper left corner
to open a new page.
Example
Note: The mandatory fields are displayed in red. You will
not be able to save the new record before you fill
in all these fields.
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If needed, click the icon and select an image for
the new data record.
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According to the defined data model, enter appropriate values
in the mandatory fields or select an appropriate value from
the list.
Note: You can put your pointer on
to see the description of the
identifier.
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If the entity has foreign key links to other entities, click
the next tab and configure the foreign key information. In
this example, the product information is linked to a
specific product family.
Example
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Click to display a list of foreign
keys.
Example
Such a list appears if foreign keys and their information have been defined in the
ProductFamily entity through Talend Studio.
Note: If the
Set the foreign key filter annotation is added to
the specified attribute in
Talend Studio
when defining the corresponding data model, you can filter the foreign key values
displayed in the list. For more information, see
Adding a foreign key filter.
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Double-click the desired value to close the dialog box.
In this example, the product B08 is
associated with the publisher
Penguin.
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Click the Product tab. Then, click
Save or Save and
Close. The data record list now includes
B08.
Note: If you get an error or warning message upon saving the record, this could mean
that the validation of the data record fails or you need to take some action to
either continue the process or abort it. The validation is carried out by a
Before Saving process created in
Talend Studio.
For more information, see
Setting schema for a Before Saving/Deleting
Job.