12 Managing Data Catalog

Data Catalog is the logical representation of the underlying data model, which is contextualized by the metadata to enable a better understanding of the data model and the enterprise-wide data. Data structures underlying AFCS are delivered, deployed, viewed, extended and managed with associated metadata through Data Catalog. The Data Catalog has the following traits:

• Representation of data structures in Business Terms.
• Representation of data structures in technical terms, including their physical manifestation and properties.
• Alignment of data structures with domains.
• Metadata, including data model and quality constraints.

This section provides information about how you may access, view, extend and manage your Data Catalog.

Note:

"In AFCS, Users are expected to use the User Interface primarily which consists of only logical names. All the configuration in the Catalog is done based on the logical names".

For more information on defining data forms for a pre-specified set of entities using the Data Management Interface, see the Data Maintenance Interface section in the Data Foundation Cloud Service Data Catalog Guide.