You can import files in a comma-separated value (CSV) format
that contain multiple data sources. You can reconcile the imported
data sources with identical sources that might exist in the catalog.
Before you begin
You must meet the following requirements:
- You must have the Information Governance Catalog Information
Asset Administrator role.
- You must define extended data sources in the required CSV file
format. You can include several types of extended data sources in
the same file.
- The import file must not be larger than 5 MB. If the file size
exceeds this limit, the import fails. Divide the import file into
several smaller files and then import.
Procedure
- Click Catalog.
- Click Information Assets. In the
Create list, click Import Extended Data Sources.
- In the Select Merge Option window,
specify what to do when an asset in the import file is identical to
an asset that exists in the catalog:
- If you choose to keep the existing asset, the description
of the existing asset is updated with the description of the asset
in the import file.
Table 1. How the Keep method changes
an extended data source asset in the catalog
Does the extended data
source asset exist in the CSV file? |
Does the extended
data source asset exist in the catalog? |
Result of the import: |
Yes |
Yes |
The existing extended data source asset
in the catalog is unchanged. The new asset is not imported. |
Yes |
No |
The extended data source asset is created
in the catalog from the CSV file. |
No |
Yes |
No change |
- If you choose to overwrite the existing asset, the existing
asset is deleted and replaced by the imported asset. Children of the
existing asset are deleted if they are not included in the import
file.
Table 2. How the Overwrite method changes an
extended data source asset in the catalog
Does the extended data
source asset exist in the CSV file? |
Does the extended
data source asset exist in the catalog? |
Result of the import: |
Yes |
Yes |
Replaces the existing extended data
source asset with the extended data source asset from the CSV file
- If the Description field in the CSV file is null, the description
in the catalog is not replaced.
- Terms and stewards that are assigned to the extended data source
asset are not replaced.
|
Yes |
No |
Creates the extended data source asset
from the CSV file. |
No |
Yes |
Deletes the extended data source asset. |
The relationships of the extended data sources to terms
and stewards are not affected. If a child of the existing asset is
deleted and that child is used in a mapping, the mapping is not valid.
You must open the extension mapping document and repair or delete
the mapping.
- In the Select Files window, select
one or more CSV files that include extended data sources, and then
click Import.