Metadata
About Metadata
Metadata is:
- Information about the data stored in the Data Warehouse
- Information about Decision Support products (i.e., a Business Objects Universe, a Data Mart, etc.)
- Documentation that improves understanding of data and related processes
Metadata is provided to help you:
- Learn about Business Objects Universes available for custom reporting
- Learn about table structures and/or data marts available for custom reporting
- Find data you are seeking
- Consistently define the data
- Know the source of the data
- Define the technical structure
Information available in the Metadata includes:
- Universe Information - Detailed information about Business Objects Universes available for custom reporting
- Data Dictionary - Business definitions and technical information for data stored in the Data Warehouse
- Source-To-Target Mappings - Information on where the data stored in the Data Warehouse comes from, and how it is transformed
- Data Models - Logical and physical data models, provided to help you understand the data structures
- Release Notes - Detailed information for all Decision Support implementations
- Data Education Materials - Finance, Human Resources and Student training materials
Data and product information for users who create reports using Business Objects.
Data and product information for users who create custom reports using a ODBC tool (MS Access, MySQL, etc.), or who create data downloads using the Data Warehouse.
Related Resources
Our Metadata solution is hosted by the vendor IData and we use their tool Data Cookbook. This link will take you to the Data Cookbook solution outside the university network. More information about how to use the tool is available in this KB article: https://answers.uillinois.edu/internal/page.php?id=104240 (login required)