INFA05: Informatica Metadata Manager 9.x

This three day course is intended for users who will run metadata reports & IT professionals who will administer the product & run the backend loads.

Through presentation & hands-on labs, you will learn the features of Metadata Manager 9.0.1, including configuration & security,  loading metadata from a variety of source applications, creating & browsing the business glossary, tracking changes in the business glossary, linking the glossary entries with metadata objects, browsing & searching for metadata, running impact analyses, & working with lineage.

* Database concepts

* Technology

* Metadata concepts

Course Objectives:
After completing this course, you should be able to:

Configure Metadata Manager security

• Create users who can login to Metadata Manager
• Control what privileges each user has
• Control which parts of the metadata catalog each user can access
• Explain the different privileges & permissions available in Metadata Manager

Browse the metadata catalog

• Search for objects in the metadata catalog
• Save searches for future use
• Create shortcuts for faster access to frequently queried metadata objects
• Share shortcuts & saved searched with other users
• Examine the properties of metadata objects
• Examine the relationships among metadata objects
• Annotate metadata objects

Run lineage reports

• Drill down on objects in lineage reports
• Zoom & pan a lineage report
• Highlight specific objects & paths in a lineage report
• Generate a new lineage report focused on an object in an existing lineage report
• Run where-used reports

Customize your metadata

• Extend an existing metamodel
• Create a new metamodel
• Populate a custom metamodel or metamodel extension with metadata

Load metadata from different types of sources

• Schedule metadata loads
• Monitor metadata loads
• Load data profiles
• Display data profile reports
• Resolve database connections for lineage

Understand and utilize the Business Glossary 

• A common tool for defining and maintaining business and technical terms.
• A cooperative tool where the Business Owner, Data Steward, Analyst and Developer can share and maintain terms.
• Connect the business terms with the actual implementation and see its use throughout the value chain from source system through integration to final report.
• How to connect Metadata Manager to reference tables and how to maintain these with the Reference Table Manager.