Defining and Managing Categories
Categories enable you to define groupings of schemas in the Data Catalog; each schema can belong to any number of categories (including zero). Then when you search for a schema, you can use the categories as filters.
Defining a Category
To create a category:
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Click the Data Catalog
icon in the application menu. -
Click Categories.
The system displays any existing categories.
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Click New Category in the upper right.
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For Name, enter a short, unique name.
Category names cannot differ only by case. For example, you cannot have a category named sample and another category named SAMPLE.
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Click Submit.
Renaming a Category
To rename a category:
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Click the Data Catalog
icon in the application menu. -
Click Categories.
The system displays any existing categories.
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Click the Edit
icon in the row for the category. -
For Name, enter a new name.
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Click Submit.
The category name is automatically updated in all places where it is used.
Deleting a Category
To delete a category:
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Make sure that no schema belongs to this category. To do this, display the Data Catalog, filter to this category, and edit the schemas as necessary.
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Click the Data Catalog
icon in the application menu. -
Click Categories.
The system displays any existing categories.
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Click the Delete
icon in the row for the category. -
Click Delete to confirm this action.
