Where InfoSphere Metadata Workbench fits in the suite architecture

InfoSphere® Metadata Workbench provides a visual, web-based exploration of metadata that is generated, used, and imported by InfoSphere Information Server. Users across your organization can use InfoSphere Metadata Workbench to interact with information assets and metadata in the metadata repository.

Regardless of role, InfoSphere Metadata Workbench users can view the entire landscape of data integration processes, with visibility into data transformations that operate inside and outside of InfoSphere Information Server.

• Data integration specialists can explore InfoSphere DataStage® and QualityStage® jobs to understand the designed flow of information between data sources and targets, including the operational metadata resulting from job runs.
• Data quality specialists can view InfoSphere Information Analyzer summaries and run dependency analysis reports to show which assets or resources depend on one another.
• Data analysts can view InfoSphere FastTrack specifications to view and understand relationships between information assets, such as the mappings that exist between source data, metadata, and other information assets.
• Business users can view a simplified report of a data flow that contains only those assets and details that are pertinent to their job. Exploring business intelligence reports enables business users to understand how information assets are connected, which enables these users to better align with IT.