1. Data Catalog
  2. Data Catalog Overview
  3. Data Catalog Key Capabilities

1.1 Data Catalog Key Capabilities

This section provides information about the key capabilities of the Data Catalog.

Figure 1-1 Data Catalog Key Capabilities


The following image has a description of the Data Catalog Key Capabilities

Data Catalog provides the Data Model for the Financial Services Industry. The key capabilities of the Data Catalog are as follows:
  • Catalog Browser: Data Catalog consists of a Viewing Framework. The Data Catalog Browser API-based Interface allows you to view the Data Catalog Components. The Catalog Browser enables the Users to go through the Data Catalog Contents and view the Business Terms by Domain, Subject Areas, and Entity. The Catalog Browser also shows the Properties of Business Terms, Contextual Definition in a User-friendly language, List of Vaues, Data Sourcing Components, and Data Quality Rules.
  • In-built Data Modeling Capabilities: Data Catalog contains all the required information to establish services underlying the Data Model, which is Entities, Attributes, and the relationship between Entities and Attributes. Similar to any Entity Relationship Modeling Tool used for this purpose, the Data Catalog can build, manage and hold Data Model for the deployment purpose.
  • Data Quality Checks Rule: Data Catalog Contents include Data Quality Checks Rule so the system incoming data can be verified and validated.
  • Catalog Extension: Data Catalog supports a Framework to extend the Data Catalog called as the Data Catalog Extension or catalog Extension. The Catalog Extension allows user to extend the Seeded Catalog Contents to support a new or client-specific business use cases. You can add new Business Terms or customize the existing definitions when the Business Term is enforced by the external entities.
  • Comprehensive Coverage: Data Catalog provides a collection of comprehensive Business Terms across the Business Lines and Use Cases.
  • Data Movement: Data Catalog provides the mechanism of ‘Stage to Standardize to Process’ to move the Data along to the Result for analytical consumption. The Catalog Services are accessed through API calls used by the Data Services Module to move data.