7.1.4 Critical Data Elements Assignment

Critical Data Elements (CDE) is a marker to explicitly identify critical business terms for focused error logging and reporting within the data quality framework. CDE is used to distinguish business significant failures from general data quality failures so that DQ results, error tables and reporting outputs can specifically indicate whether a failed record has a CDE related issue.

All the existing Business Terms which are not critical data elements are listed in the drop down list

Based on the Action created, follow the steps below to assign a Critical data elements to a business term.

To assign a critical data element to a Business Term for an Action, do the following:

1. Go to the Inbox by clicking the Inbox button on the Home page. The Inbox page is displayed.
2. Select the required Action for which you need to assign a critical data element for a Business Term. The Action Details Page is displayed.
3. On the Extension tab, click Critical Data Elements Assignment. The Critical Data Element page is displayed.
4. Under the Select Business Terms drop down list, set the following values.

   Table 7-8 Critical Data Elements- Business Terms Field Names and Description

   Field Name	Description
   Available Business Terms	Select the required Business Term from the available list. Note: You can select more than one existing Business Term to be marked as Critical data elements.
   Selected Business Terms	Lists the selected Business Terms to be marked as critical data elements.
   Add Business Term	To add a business term, select the business term from the existing list and click Add Business Term button.
   Delete	To remove a business term from the selected business terms field, select select the business term and click Remove Business Term button.

5. Click Save to save the Critical data element details.
   A confirmation message is displayed.
6. Click OK. The newly added Critical data element is displayed on the Extension tab page.