3.5 Defining an External Data Descriptor

To define a new External Data Descriptor (EDD) from the DIH Designer window, follow these steps:
  1. Navigate to the Data Foundation Cloud Services home page, and then click EDD.
    The Data Ingestion Summary page is displayed.
  2. On the Data Ingestion Summary page, click Add.
    This will open the New tab.
  3. Enter the name and description for the data descriptor, and then select Datastore from the drop-down list. Select the data source (example: FOUNDATION_DATA_STORE). The values in Defining an External Data Store example are used. The description will be automatically populated.
  4. Click Save as Draft or click Save.
  5. Enter the required values in the fields.
  6. If data needs to be reconciled post-loading, click the Control tab. Currently, only the Number of Records controls is available in the version.
  7. To transform the EDD, click the Transformation tab.
  8. You can add derivation to data elements of the EDD.
    • Click Add to create derived data elements.
    • To edit the derived data elements, click Edit. This will open the Expression window, where you can specify the expression using data elements defined in the Data tab and functions.
    • To delete the derived data element, click Delete.
  9. Click the Transformation tab and select the Transformation Type.
    • Select Aggregation and click Edit to view Expression window.
    • In the expression window, specify the Group by clause and Having expression, if applicable.
    • Define Derived Data Elements for the field to be aggregated under the previous tab.
  10. Click Save.