2.5.1.2 Extend Business Terms

To extend 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. To extend a Business Term for an Action, do the following:
   1. Select the required Action for which you need to extend a Business Term. The Action Details page is displayed.
   2. On the Extension tab, click Extend Business Term. The Extend Business Term page is displayed.
   3. Set the following values:

      Table 2-9 Business Term Field Names and Description

      Field Name	Description
      Available Business Terms	Based on the Logical Data Type selected during Business Term creation, select the required Business Term.
      Add	Click this button to add the LOV code, name, and description.
      Delete	Click this button to remove the LOV data.
      LOV table	If List of Values are existing, those are displayed in the table.

      Following are the current behavior of LOV:

      • You can add LOV for an existing custom Business Terms for the Data Types Flag, Indicator, Code_Alphanumeric, Code_Alphanumeric_Long, and Code_Numeric.
      • LOV definition will capture Code, Display Name, and Description.
      • The LOV should match the data type and data length of the Business Term.
      • The published LOV code cannot be removed or modified.
      • You can modify the display name and description for existing LOV values.
      • The Business Term follows the existing governance validations. For more details, see the Approval workflow of Issues and Actions section.
   4. Click Save. A confirmation message is displayed.
   5. Click OK.
   6. On the Extension tab, in the Entity Extensions section, the new extended Business Term is listed.

   Note:

   Once an extended Dimension Entity has been Approved, the extension request cannot be modified.
3. If you want to update a draft Entity for an Action, do the following:
   1. Click the required Action for which you need to update a Dimension Entity. The Action Details Page is displayed.
   2. On the Extension tab, click the Extend Dimension Entity that you need to update which is in Draft status.
   3. The Entity Details page is displayed. You can update the existing values in the available fields.
   4. Click Save. A confirmation message is displayed.
   5. Click OK.
   6. On the Extension tab, in the Entity Extensions section, the new extended Dimension Entities are listed. Click outside the Action Details page to close it.
   • Only sourced or custom dimensions (Not seeded) can be extended.
   • Once the publish action is complete, the Dimensions will be added with new attributes and also their corresponding SCDs will be modified.
   • Also if the added attribute has a DQ associated with it, it will be added to the DQ Group.
   • You can view the modified changes to the Dimension using Data Catalog.