2.4.4.4 Related Business Terms

Catalog has a provision to store the metadata to represent the relationship between two Business Terms along with the type of relationship.

Some information is later used for specific purpose. For example, In the case of SHARED_DEFINITION relationship type, Data Quality rules are automatically replicated for the related Business Term if there are rules existing for the Business Terms.

MEASURE_GL is another relationship type where the Business Term is a reconciliation measure and the related Business Term is corresponding to a GL account.

Table 2-3 Example of Related Business Term

Business Term	Related Business Term	Relationship Type
Account or Contract Number	Parent Account Number	SHARED_DEFINITION
End of Period Balance	General Ledger Account code	MEASURE_GL
Maturity Amount	Maturity Date	VALUE_AS_OF_DATE
End of Period Balance	End of Period Balance in Local Currency	CURRENCY_EQUIVALENT
Account Tenor	Tenor Unit	MULTIPLIER_UNIT