o METADATA MANAGER:
- Major improvements in MODEL VERSION / CHANGE MANAGEMENT preventing the creation of unnecessary new versions of models if the source metadata (e.g. a database, or data model) has not changed since the last automatically scheduled metadata harvesting. This is new feature is achieved by taking advantage of the MIMB's new capabilities to compare the metadata of a newly imported model with a previously imported one in order to detect any change. The major benefit of this new feature is to dramatically reduce the disk space in the repository by automatically deleting unnecessary versions.
- New CONFIGURATION / VERSION CHANGE MANAGEMENT capabilities offering a comparator of versions of configurations.
o METADATA EXPLORER:
- Major redesign of the Metadata Explorer UI on both the look & feel and actual capabilities.
- New METADATA SEARCH/BROWSE with FILTERING AND REPORTING capabilities offering:
· New Search (or Browse) with Filtering capabilities on any attributes/properties
· New choice of result display as a classic Google like "LIST", or a new powerful "GRID" offering a spreadsheet like display of multiple attributes/properties at once. Such attributes/properties can be individually selected, reordered, and sorted, basically offering a full metadata reporting solution. The results can of course be downloaded as CSV/Excel files.
- New METADATA EDITING Capabilities at many levels including:
· Numerous new fast and easy "in place" editing to Rename objects, Edit Descriptions, and more.
· The new Search/Browse GRID display also offers efficient editing with:
§ TABULAR EDITING of multiple objects at once such as Business Glossary Terms, Data Models Tables, or Table Columns
§ BULK CHANGE of multiple objects at once, where a search can return multiple objects (that can then be selectively subsetted) for which changes can be performed at once (e.g. Change the Security Threat Level to Orange to a set of tables at once)
o METADATA AUTHORING TOOLS:
- Common Features:
· Major improvements in CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES (also known as User Defined Properties) to objects of the Business Glossaries and Data Models
§ Custom Attributes are now common to the MIMM repository (e.g. Security Threat Level = [ Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green ] and are therefore shared between Business Glossaries, Physical Data Models, etc. Therefore, having a centralized place for maintenance (e.g. adding a new value: purple)
§ Custom Attributes can now have a default value (e.g. default value is green)
§ Custom Attributes now have a much wider scope to be applied at any level from a high level repository object (e.g. harvested Model, Data Mapping, Directory) to fine grain model objects (e.g. A Business Glossary / Term, and/or a Physical Data Model / Column)
§ Custom Attributes now have a security group associated to them (e.g. the Security Threat Level custom attribute may only be set by a custom Security Approved group)
· New AUDIT TRAIL for any changes in objects of Business Glossaries and Data Models, including who changed a given attribute and when
- BUSINESS GLOSSARY:
· New Business Glossary editing capabilities are now available to the business users under the Metadata Explorer UI. (includes tablet friendly in place editing, as well as HTML formatting of descriptions, etc.)
- DATA MODELING:
· Common Features:
§ Major improvements in data modeling DIAGRAM EDITING: entity formatting, relationships editing, automatic layout, etc.
· PHYSICAL DATA MODEL (data documenter for existing data stores databases, data warehouse, data lake):
§ Major improvements (as part of the above common features)
· LOGICAL DATA MODEL (brand new feature) (enterprise conceptual/logical information modeler):
§ This new feature is postponed to the next release
- DATA MAPPING:
· DATA MAPPING SPECIFICATIONS (Data Flow Mapper)
§ Minor improvements and bug fixes
· DATA MAPPING DESIGN (Data Integration Designer)
§ Minor improvements and bug fixes
o ARCHITECTURE & TECHNOLOGY:
- Major database performance improvements
- Updated MIMM Web Services which are now based on REST API technology (i.e. therefore removing any security vulnerabilities of the older Axis technology)