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.
For more information, see Accessing data containers and data models.
Before you begin
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The MDM server is already launched.
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You have been assigned a role with the appropriate user
authorization and access rights. For further
information, see Security.
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At least one view has been created in Talend Studio. For further
information, see the Talend Studio User Guide.
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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. For further information, see Accessing data containers and data models.
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
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. For
further information, see the Talend Studio User
Guide.
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 further
information, see the Talend Studio User Guide.
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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 further information
about the Before-Saving
process, see Talend Studio User Guide.