Creating attributes for master entities

Follow these steps to add attributes to Master entities.

To create a new attribute for a master entity data object:

Warning: You can cannot create attributes with the data type Array.

  1. Click the Oracle icon Image of the application navigation button. Use it to access the different parts of Oracle Unity. in the bottom-right corner to open the navigation menu.
  2. Select Data model.
  3. From the list of Data objects, select the master entity data object you want to add the attribute to.

    4. An image of the Master Customer data object

  4. Click Attributes to see the list of current attributes in the object.

    5. An image of the attributes for the Master Customer data object

  5. On the right-hand side, click Add Image of the add button. Use it to create a new attribute for a data object..

    6. An image of the add attribute icon

  6. In the search field for Source attribute, find the source attribute you want to use to create the new attribute. Once you select a source attribute, the details for the new attribute are pre-filled and originate from the source attribute's information: ID, Data type, Name, Description, and Attribute group.

    7. Note: The source attribute is the attribute from an existing data object that is used to create the new attribute for the master entity data object.

    An image of the add attribute page for master entities

  7. If needed, you can change the pre-filled details for the Name, Description, and Attribute Group. You can't change the ID and Data type.

    8. Updating the data type

    If a master entity attribute uses a source attribute with the data type of string (500-character limit), you have the option of updating the data type of the source attribute from string to text (8,000-character limit) by editing it. Learn more about Updating the data type for source attributes. After updating the data type of the source attribute, the corresponding attribute for the master entity will be automatically updated.

  8. When finished, click Save.

Once you create the new attribute, you will be able to view it from the MasterCustomer object Attributes tab. A new promotion rule will be automatically created for the new attribute.

After you create attributes for a master entity, you will need to do the following:

  1. Follow the steps for Publishing changes.

  2. When the publish job successfully completes, run the Data warehouse job from the Data feeds page.

  3. When the data warehouse job successfully completes, run the Identity resolution job from the Data feeds page.

Learn more

Attributes

Managing attributes

Intelligent attributes

Editing attribute groups

Creating custom data objects

Editing data objects

Learn about the default data model

Publishing changes

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