Hi All,
Need some expert advise on how to capture Metadata using PowerDesigner(PD).
We have some custom metadata which we maintain for all our projects (source extract data table/column name, to acceptable values, decommission date, personal identifiable information flag etc). Presently we are maintaining these within Excel. Although, once approved we move this metadata to data models in PD and eventually into the physical data objects as Oracle Comments. Any tweaks/updates to excel require the changes to be applied to PD and underlying objects.
We are trying to evaluate how PD could help attain efficiencies in this process. I did try to extend the properties of tables and comments but this seems to be a lot of work at the table/column level. Some of the data elements and metadata is more global in nature and common across projects. Ideally we’ll like to apply these updates to a single object. Is there an alternative/easy way to do this?
Other options we are considering is to design a normalized database which captures all the underlying metadata. But I am not sure if this is the best way to address the matter.
Any help/thoughts on the matter would be truly appreciated. I must mention that I am fairly new to PD.
Regards!
Sujeev
