BusinessObjects Metadata Management
Consolidate, integrate, audit, and trust your metadata.
BusinessObjects Metadata Management overcomes the difficulties of managing metadata from various data sources, technologies, and systems. BusinessObjects Metadata Management involves consolidating and integrating metadata into an open, relational repository. Our solution brings it all together to reduce workload, lower project costs, and provide users with trusted data and analysis.
- Consolidate and audit metadata from disparate tools and sources, including business intelligence (BI), extract, transform, and load (ETL), relational databases, modeling tools, and third-party metadata into a single repository.
- Easily view and analyze the integrated metadata to get information on data usage, end-to-end change impact analysis, and report-to-source data lineage. Deliver trusted data for compliance requirements, data governance initiatives, internal controls, and improved decision-making by providing a central view of all metadata assets and their relationships.
- Industry's first "metapedia"- an encyclopedia which translates metadata into business definitions that allows for easier navigation and data discovery by business users.
"The new metapedia functionality in the latest version of Metadata Management will support our data governance programs because we will be able to name a term and enter a detailed description with synonyms against it."
William Robinette
Manager, Business Intelligence Systems
Advance Auto Parts
Technical Specifications
Version:
BusinessObjects Metadata Management XI 3.0 version 12.0
License Model:
There are 2 licensing options: per deployment or per CPU. A Deployment license means a single installation of one of the following Product modules: Repository, Security Domain, Central Management Server (CMS), or CMS Cluster.
Languages:
English
System Requirements for WIN
Minimum Hardware Requirements:
Windows support is limited strictly to AMD/Intel chipsets. BusinessObjects Metadata Management software for Windows is not warranted or supported for use on other chipsets.
BusinessObjects Metadata Management is supported running on 32-bit versions of Windows running on x86 and x64 CPUs made by AMD and Intel.
BusinessObjects Metadata Management is supported running on 64-bit versions of Windows running on x64 CPUs made by AMD and Intel if it can reference the 32-bit operating system libraries as well as the 32-bit database and application client libraries.
BusinessObjects Metadata Management is supported running on 32-bit versions of Windows running on x86 and x64 CPUs made by AMD and Intel.
BusinessObjects Metadata Management is supported running on 64-bit versions of Windows running on x64 CPUs made by AMD and Intel if it can reference the 32-bit operating system libraries as well as the 32-bit database and application client libraries.
Single machine installation:
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 500 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Hard-disk space on the user home directory drive (c:\ drive): 5 GB to 50 GB depending on the CMS size, this space is used to download the reports to metadata parsing.
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Hard-disk space on the user home directory drive (c:\ drive): 5 GB to 50 GB depending on the CMS size, this space is used to download the reports to metadata parsing.
Individual Components:
CMS Server machine (for Repository Objects)
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 300 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Integrator Machine
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 150 MB
Minimum RAM: 1GB
Hard-disk space on the user home directory drive (c:\ drive) : 5 GB to 50 GB if CMS Integrator is installed otherwise zero.
Application Server machine
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 150 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 300 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Integrator Machine
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 150 MB
Minimum RAM: 1GB
Hard-disk space on the user home directory drive (c:\ drive) : 5 GB to 50 GB if CMS Integrator is installed otherwise zero.
Application Server machine
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 150 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Metadata Management Administrator and Explorer web browser:
Pentium processor with at least 128 MB RAM and 100 MB free disk space
Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels with 16-bit or 65536 colors recommended (minimum 256 colors) Note: Windows support is limited strictly to 32-bit AMD/Intel chipsets. BusinessObjects Metadata Management software for Windows is not warranted or supported for use on other chipsets.
Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels with 16-bit or 65536 colors recommended (minimum 256 colors) Note: Windows support is limited strictly to 32-bit AMD/Intel chipsets. BusinessObjects Metadata Management software for Windows is not warranted or supported for use on other chipsets.
Operating Systems:
Windows 2003
SP1 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Ed.)
SP2 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Ed.)
R2 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Ed.)
X64 Edition SP2
Windows XP
SP2 (Professional)
SP3 (Professional)
SP1 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Ed.)
SP2 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Ed.)
R2 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Ed.)
X64 Edition SP2
Windows XP
SP2 (Professional)
SP3 (Professional)
Windows Service Pack Support Policy:
Specified Windows versions have been successfully tested by Business Objects. The compatible service pack releases of the specified versions will be supported as they are made available, but may not have been tested by Business Objects. Exceptions in support will be documented.
Business Objects and Microsoft Critical Patches:
Business Objects supports and recommends installation of all Microsoft critical patches for the operating systems listed above.
Minimum Software Requirements:
BusinessObjects Metadata Management XI 3.0 can only be installed on top of BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 FP1
System Requirements for UNIX
Minimum Hardware requirements
Individual Components:
CMS Server machine (for Repository Objects)
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 300 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Application Server machine
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 150 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 300 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Application Server machine
Minimum hard disk space on the installation drive: 150 MB
Minimum RAM: 1 GB
Operating Systems:
Solaris SPARC (9 & 10)
IBM AIX (5.2, 5.3)
Linux RedHat 4
IBM AIX (5.2, 5.3)
Linux RedHat 4
Supported Repository Database:
MySQL 5, Oracle (9.2, 10gR1, 10gR2, 11g)
MS SQL Server: 2000 (SP4), 2005 (SP1, SP2)
DB2 (8.2, 9.1, 9.5)
MS SQL Server: 2000 (SP4), 2005 (SP1, SP2)
DB2 (8.2, 9.1, 9.5)
Supported Application Server:
Tomcat 5.5
IBM WebSphere (6.0 and 6.1)
Oracle BEA WebLogic (9.2, 10)
Oracle Application Services (OAS) 10gR3
IBM WebSphere (6.0 and 6.1)
Oracle BEA WebLogic (9.2, 10)
Oracle Application Services (OAS) 10gR3
Supported Browser:
IE 6 and 7
Supported Language:
English
Business Objects:
DI XI R2 and above
BOE XI R2 SP3 and above
DF XI R2
DS XI 3.0
BOE XI R2 SP3 and above
DF XI R2
DS XI 3.0
Minimum Software Requirements:
BusinessObjects Metadata Management XI 3.0 can only be installed on top of BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 FP1
This is an add-on to BusinessObjects Enterprise.
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Key Features
Integration with BOE platform
Metadata Management XI 3.0 provides a single point of administration across a broad spectrum of deployment scenarios, taking advantage of the BOE platform's security services and scalable platform architecture
- Integration with Central Management Server (CMS)—security services (user, group, and objects rights that defines user and group privileges)
- Integration with Central Management Console (CMC)—Metadata Management is now an application on CMC and it uses the following BOE services:
- Security for user management and access to integrator sources, source groups, metapedia, and utilities
- Manages and schedules integrator source runs, and utilities runs
Metapedia—a business metadata encyclopedia
- Implement a business glossary of terms related to your business data
- Organizes terms hierarchically (by subject area or business unit)
- Business terms can be linked to related metadata objects
- Build a standard business vocabulary of words, phrases, or business concepts
- Synonyms and keywords to associate a metadata object with a particular term
- Category and subcategory of terms to denote a common functionality
- Associate terms with more than one category
- Supports data governance, data stewardship, and proactive compliance
Metadata source group analysis
- Group metadata integrator sources (development, testing, production environment)
- View impact and lineage for specific "Source group"
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