Viewing log files for all data records - 7.1

Talend Open Studio for MDM Web UI User Guide
EnrichVersion
7.1
EnrichProdName
Talend Open Studio for MDM
EnrichPlatform
Talend MDM Web UI
task
Data Governance

In Talend MDM Web UI, the Journal page provides a list of log files with descriptions of every event associated with each data record in the MDM hub.

This page is useful if you want to search for changes based on the data model, source, operation type or operation time, rather than by a specific data record, for example.

Before you begin

  • The MDM server is already launched.

  • You have logged in to Talend MDM Web UI.

  • You have selected the data container that holds the master data you want to manage and the corresponding data model against which the master data will be validated. For further information, see Accessing data containers and data models.

About this task

To view the log files for all data records, do the following:

Procedure

  1. From the Menu panel, click Browse and then click Journal to open the Journal page.
    Alternatively, from the Welcome page, click Journal.
  2. The page shows a log table, along with various search options. By default, the Data Model list shows the data model you have selected in the Domain Configuration area.
    Select ALL from the Data Model list to display the log files for all data models.
  3. You can limit the search results by using the options in the Search Panel at the top of the page. For further information, see Searching for specific logs.

    Example

    Note: You can switch between the log table and a timeline view - a design showing a calendar labeled with dates and events labeled on points where they have happened - using the Results and TimeLine tabs.

    In the log table you can see a list of all the events concerning the data records in the MDM hub. The default column headings show you the following information concerning each data record:

    Column name

    Description

    Data Container

    Name of the data container that pertains the data record.

    Data Model

    Name of the data model against which the data record is validated.

    Entity

    Name of the business entity that pertains the data record.

    Key

    The primary key of the data record.

    Operation Type

    Type of operation carried out on the data record: UPDATE, PHYSICAL_DELETE, LOGIC_DELETE, RESTORED, CREATE or ACTION.

    Operation time

    Date and time of the operation.

    Source

    Name of the source through which the data record modification took place, a Talend job, the Web User Interface (manually by a data steward), etc.

    User name

    Login name of the user who made the modification.

    In the log table, you can double-click a row or right-click a row then click View Changes to open the Data Changes Viewer tab.

    On the tab, you can:

    • click the View Update Report button to view the update report details.

    • click the Previous Report button to navigate to the previous event.

    • click the Next Report button to navigate to the next event.

    • click the Open Record button to open a new tab which displays the associated data record.