You can add metadata such as a name alias, description,
terms, contacts, and policies to a database. You might want to add
metadata to a database to clarify what that instance of the database
means.
About this task
The metadata is stored in the metadata
repository and is available in suite components such as IBM® InfoSphere® Business Glossary.
Procedure
- On the Home navigator menu in the
console, select .
- In the Databases workspace, select
the database that you want to add metadata to.
- In the Tasks pane, click Open
Details.
- In the Open Details Database pane,
click Add in the table for the type of item
that you want to add to the database.
- Select the metadata that you want to add to the database
and click OK.
- Click Save.