IBM Metadata Workbench

IBM Metadata Workbench
delivering on metadata
Marc Haber
Course Instructor
IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Introduction

Information Management Software
Objectives
• Enablement
• Learn how to benefit from the Metadata Workbench,
specifically its ability to deliver Lineage and Analysis in
addition to a holistic view of the Information Assets
• Understanding
• Comprehend the metadata offerings of Metadata Workbench
and Business Glossary, and their unique value to the
Information Server platform.
• Proficiency
• Demonstrate our metadata capabilities, and perform
standard user and administrative actions in each tool.

Agenda
• Day 1
• Course Introduction
• Introduction to IBM Information Server
• Metadata Workbench Demonstration
• Getting Started
• Import of Database Tables as shared metadata
• Import of Files as shared metadata
• Import of BI Reports
• Standard Practice for ETL Development
• Metadata Workbench Administration

Agenda
• Day 2
• Metadata Workbench Administration
• Automated Services
• Manual Services
• Database Alias Binding
• Metadata Workbench Usability

• Lineage and Analysis
• Queries and Linear Reporting
• Search and Display Information Assets
Continue

Agenda
• Day 3
• Metadata Workbench User Excercises
• Metadata Workbench
• Logging and Error Information
• Installation Considerations
• System Requirements
• Business Glossary Introduction
• Business Glossary Administration
• Identifying, Import and Create Sources of a Glossary
• Managing and Extending a Glossary
• Business Glossary Usability
• Glossary Browser and Glossary Anywhere
• Metadata Workbench 8.1.1 Preview
• Summary and Conclusions Continue

Capacity Planning for Metadata Workbench
• CPU -
• The calculation is one core for every 5 concurrent users
• RAM -
• Requires 150 MB of RAM plus 100 MB for each concurrent user.
• Metadata Workbench with an expected capacity for 2 concurrent

users would require 450MB of extra RAM and an extra one
core

Information Server

Information Server
• Installation
• Common Suite Installer
• Metadata Workbench requires separate Licence Key
• Business Glossary requires separate Licence Key
• Common Repository
• All Information Assets are shared across suite components
• Edits and Additions are immediately available for Analysis and
Reporting
• Common Services
• Security and User Administration
• Logging and System Administration

Information Server
• Suite Components
• DataStage and QualityStage Designer

• FastTrack
• Information Analyzer
• Informaiton Services Director
• Information Server Web Console
• Business Glossary
• Metadata Workbench
• Import Export Manager

Information Server: Optimizing Application Development

Import Industry Exchange Data Structures
Data Models Services Oriented
Architecture
Rational Data Information

Architect Services Director
Link
Populate Deploy
Common Enterprise Search and Profile Map Sources to Transform and

Vocabulary Source Data Target Model Cleanse
DataStage and
Business Glossary Information Analyzer FastTrack QualityStage
Share Share Share Share
Unified metadata for active administration, management and reporting

Metadata Workbench offers complete visibility and control of metadata
What is Metadata?

With a trademark
Stored in
So what exactly is Metadata? label
a can
Made by
Since
Type of
food
With a
special
ingredient
With
many
varieties
Metadata enables you to put context and meaning to things.

It is generated and consumed by every organization and software product.

Metadata Primer for Business
B • Business Metadata
• Business rules, Stewardship, Business Definitions, Auditing Terminology,
Glossaries, Algorithms and Lineage using business language. Audience:
Business users.
T • Technical Metadata
• Defines Source and Target systems, their Table and Fields structures and
attributes, Documentation for Auditing Derivations and Dependencies.
Audience: Specific Tool Users – BI, ETL, Profiling, Modeling.
O • Operational Metadata
• Information about application runs: their frequency, record counts,
component by component analysis and other statistics for auditing purposes.
Audience: Operations, Management and Business Users.
Literally, “data about data” that describes your company’s

information from both a business and a technical perspective

Metadata Business Drivers
 Governance and Compliance Regulations are increasing
- How do organizations comply and meet documentation requirements?

- How can organizations ensure accountability and responsibility?
 Business Competition continues to grow
- How do organizations individualize their customer experience?

- How can organizations get access to information to make correct decisions?
 Costs and system complexities are expanding
- How can organizations drive optimization with integration?

- How do organizations manage complex software environments?

Metadata Business Challenges

Metadata is naturally a very complex subject which virtually all organizations
address at some point and time. Some successfully and some unsuccessfully.
Key challenges:
• Obtaining agreement on what metadata means
• What does metadata mean to a specific organization or division?
• What metadata is important to track and manage?
• How does each group use metadata for their particular job?
• Selecting the correct metadata strategy for particular business

requirements
• How many and what kinds of silos of metadata exist today in
organization?
• Are there revenue $ at risk, compliance issues, regulatory rules
which must be addressed?
• Do we have the flexibility to assess the impact of changes with our
current architecture?
• Promoting adoption of a metadata strategy and associated

technology
• How does our approach address our different user’s needs?
• Is our approach one that easy to use and facilitates adoption
rather than hinders it?
• Do we have business and technical sponsorship?

Metadata helps answer important questions such as:
• What data or information exists ?

What is “Profit Amount” ?
• Where is it being used ? How is it defined ?
How is it calculated ?
• What is its business definition ? Where is it stored or used ?
Is it reliable ? Accurate ?
• What other names has it been called or If I make a change to “Profit Amount”
is being called ? – what will be impacted ?
• How is it inter-related to other

information ?
• Who is using it ?
• Why do we need it ?
• When was it last updated ?

What does Information Server help achieve?

We use it to manage the
We use it to figure
impact of change
out and prove what
happened
Business Subject Matter Architects Data Developers DBAs

Users Experts Analysts
We use it to document & We use it to accelerate

link business concepts information integration
design
We use it to understand and We use it to accelerate

document information sources information integration
development
IBM Information Server and its unified metadata enables these tasks!
What does Information Server help achieve?
Business Subject Matter Architects Data Developers DBAs

Users Experts Analysts
Unified Metadata Management

 Simplify Integration  Increase trust and
confidence in information
 Facilitate change  Increase compliance to
Design Operational management & reuse standards

The IBM InfoSphere Vision
An Industry Unique Information Platform

• Simplify the delivery of Trusted Information
• Accelerate client value
• Promote collaboration
• Mitigate risk
• Modular but Integrated
• Scalable – Project to Enterprise

The IBM Solution: InfoSphere Information Server
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Unified Deployment
Discover, model, Standardize, merge, Combine and Synchronize, virtualize

define, and govern and correct information restructure information and move information
information structure for new uses for in-line delivery
and content
Delivering information you can trust

What IBM InfoSphere Information Server Does with Metadata
Modeling BI ERP BPEL Engine SOA Service

• We dynamically manage
all Information Server
Miti Bridges, XML, EJB, Web Service, JMS
module metadata
Services Metadata Types of MD

• We support active, role-
Access Server Technical based metadata
Interchange Business
Integration Project collaboration
Impact Analysis Operational
Data Lineage • We support Information
Server technical,
operational and
Business Glossary
FastTrack
DataStage/QualityStage/ISD
business metadata
• We share 3rd party
Information Analyzer Metadata Workbench
Information Server Modules modeling and BI
metadata via MITI

InfoSphere Information Server: Unified Metadata Management

Business | Technical | Operational
Active, centrally managed repository Define relationships, control Share and deliver relevant information
with secure access via services layer extensibility, and link 3rd party metadata across the organization
Includes Definitions, Terms, Abbreviations, Glossaries, Classification, Categories,

Examples, Stewards and Owners which are described using the business language
Category Customer – Someone who has purchased product within the last 12 months
Sub-Category High-Value Low-Value

minimum of $500,000 assets average less than $50,000 assets
Attributes  Avg $ value rounded to nearest $1,000  Most recent credit score
 Address  Maximum balance


Includes Host Server, Database Type, Database Schemas, Table Name, Column
Names, Data Types which are described in technical detail
Schema Bank_Customer_Schema
Tables Master_Cust Master_Addr
Columns  Name: varchar (30)  Street: varchar (40)

 Active: varchar (1)  City: varchar (30)


Includes Job Name, Job Execution Times, Number of Rows Processed, Error or
Success Status, Time Started, Time Completed which are described in sequence
Job Name DS_Load_Bank_Data
Start April 15, 2008 at 2 AM
Details  Processed 1 million rows

 With no errors
End April 15, 2008 at 2:15 AM


Business Glossary DataStage Operational Metadata (Job Run Information)
Custom Attributes Physical Schemas

(RBDMS & Modeling Tools)
BI Reports
ETL Job Design

Our Mission - Lineage

Understand: Using the MetaData Workbench to understand your business.
Database Schema’s and Host Servers DataStage Jobs and Operational Metadata BI Reports

Preparing Metadata for Metadata Workbench Lineage
• Capturing the metadata you wish to include in such reports
• Import metadata about Database Tables and Files that are used in
Job Design and Production
• Import metadata about BI Reports used to publish information
• Publish shared metadata as necessary
• Generate and import operational metadata from job runs
• Invoke Metadata Workbench administrative services
Did you know? Design metadata for DataStage and QualityStage jobs is automatically stored in the
metadata repository as well as metadata from all other suite tools.

Adding Content to the MetaData Server
Create database collateral and

connection information.
Metadata Server
(Common Model)

Information Server Authoring.
Business Glossary Categories

Business Glossary Terms
Data Stewards
Information Server users
Metadata Server
(Common Model)

Import DataStage Jobs and Table

Definitions.
DataStage Job
DataStage Data Collection
DataStage Table Definition
Classifying Business Glossary Terms
Metadata Server
(Common Model)

Import and configure Operational

Metadata (OMD)
Generate OMD
Configure OMD
Import OMD
View OMD
Generating OMD, creates an XML file that traces

the events that took place (read, write, failure) and Metadata Server
the objects it referenced. The pointer to the object (Common Model)
is known as a locator. By design, OMD is dis-
connected from the Metadata Server.

Job Sequencing and Integration
Operational Metadata Integration

Job Sequence Wizard
Analysis Report: Data Flow - Operational
OMD Integration and Job Sequencing is the process Metadata Server

by which we connect OMD data to the Metadata (Common Model)
Server, so that the MetaData Workbench can
analyze information as it really happened.

Import Export Wizard
•ERWin Model
Business Objects Report Definition
DataSource Identity
Metadata Server
Loading of external 3rd Party Tools will create an
(Common Model)
independent copy of the Database / Schema / Table
objects. As a user, you would like to connect this
copy to pre-existing Table Definitions created in
DataStage.

Navigate, Analyze, Utilize and Manage

Information Assets
Information Asset editing capability

Information Asset report capability
Understanding and Visualizing the content
created and how it works together
Metadata Server
(Common Model)


Navigate, Analyze, Utilize and Manage Information Assets
Business
Process Job Summary Job
Meaning
BI Report
Metadata Server
(Common Model)

Metadata Workbench Business Benefit
• Good exploitation and coordination of metadata across tools is very compelling
• Tool Integration & metadata collaboration saves time and money, and
improves Quality of results.
• An organization’s ability to Govern Data is significantly improved.
• A organization is better able to Manage Change, more Agile.
• A Shared, Common, Vocabulary saves time and effort, helps development,
and makes data more accessible & more understandable.
The key is making the metadata capture and

share process effortless

Data Flow Analysis Report
 “Where has my data come from”. The Golden Source.

 Operational Events of a Job or Database
 Design Elements of a Job
 There are known limitations for Data Flow Analysis



Lineage from a BI Report to the true data source

Metadata Workbench

How does it work?

Metadata Workbench allows
users to explore, analyze, and
Information Server enrich the metadata in the
Components Metadata Server
WebSphere IBM WebSphere
Business Glossary Metadata Workbench
Metadata
WebSphere
Workbench
DataStage &
QualityStage Metadata Services
Import/Export
IBM WebSphere Metadata Server Manager

Information
Analyzer
Enterprise Information
WebSphere Information Server
components generate design Assets,
Federation Server
time and runtime metadata, e.g. Business Reports
automatically storing it in the
Metadata Server

Tasks in Metadata Workbench

• Explore
• Jobs, reports, databases, files, tables, columns, terms, stewards, servers
• Simple and advanced search
• Robust Queries
• Graphical or report view of asset relationships
• Analyze
• Understand impact analysis
• Trace lineage from a BI report back to its source
• Understand what really happened and why?
• Manage
• Create and edit descriptions of assets
• Reconcile duplicate assets
• Map databases to database aliases
• Access run time information to enrich reporting

Metadata Workbench Feature Overview
MANAGE EXPLORE ANALYZE
Manage Integration Assets to Explore key Integration Analyze dependencies and

enable in-depth analysis Assets: relationships between key
Integration assets, Business
Jobs, Reports, Databases, Intelligence Reports and data
Assign security roles Models, Terms, Stewards, models
Systems, Specifications,
Link together multiple
Quality Rules
viewpoints of design assets
from ETL, business, BI and  Trace data movement to
modeling with operational  Easy navigation of key and from databases, jobs
metadata Integration Assets and reports for full lineage
Edit names and  Simple and advanced  Understand business
descriptions of Integration search meaning of columns, tables,
Assets and other assets
 Integrated cross-view of
Access runtime information Information Server and 3rd  Assess the impact of
to enrich reporting party assets change across Integration
assets
Import export manager for  Graphical view of Asset
3rd party integration Relationships Robust query builder

Metadata Workbench Integration Asset Categories

Metadata Workbench User Roles

• Administrator (Explore, Analyze, Manage)
• Prepares the metadata for use in the metadata workbench
• Schedules automated analysis services
• Runs manual analysis services
• Completes stitching activities when appropriate
• Creates log views
• Publishes queries
• Explores metadata models
• Includes all User tasks and abilities
• User (Explore, Analyze)
• Finds and explores information assets
• Runs analysis reports
• Creates, saves and runs queries

Homepage – Welcome to Metadata Workbench 8.1
The homepage offers direct access to Discover key Information Assets, Find any Information
Asset or execute Queries.

Browse – Engines or Data Servers
Browse DataStage or QualityStage Jobs, Table

Definitions or other objects within their Folder and
Project placement.
Browse Databases and Files and their content.

Find – Finding Information Assets
Whats New:
Information can be matched in any of six ways
Information can be searched by Name or also Description
Information can be restricted by adding Context (the Parent)

Find – Results
Whats New:
Save Results in Data or Report Format (CSV Files)
Jump to a particular item using Type-Ahead
Information is listed including its Short Description

Query – Querying the Repository
Whats New:
Enhanced Selection
Enhanced and more advanced Criteria Selection
Save, Import, Export and Edit Queries
Publish Queries and share them with all Workbench Users

Query – Results
Whats New:
Save Results in Data or Report Format (CSV Files)
Jump to a particular item using Type-Ahead
Information is listed in Tabular Format
Related Information Assets may be clicked to open their Display Page

List – Display Information Assets
Select any Information Asset Type, and display a list of all its content

Display of DataStage Jobs
Whats New:
Images are displayed automatically
Sections may be collapsed
Now includes Project and Folder data
Now includes advanced Job Run data

Display of BI Reports
Whats New:
Automatic reconciliation with OLAP
Enhanced Display of data

Automated Services
Whats New:
Singular action for all analysis services
Ability to include or exclude Projects
Ability to schedule Analysis Services
Ability to map Database Aliases to sources
Enhanced and extended support for Stages

Graph View
What Objects does this User Own
• Shows Asset relationships

• Shows Asset associations

Other Enhancements
Right Click
Right-click any link, and the Workbench
presents an action menu specific to the
Information Asset Type selected.
Actions include standard Copy, Edit and Add

to Favorites, but also links to Analysis Reports
and Graph View.

Other Enhancements
Context
Enhanced display of the context, parentage,
of Information Assets, including the ability to
click on the items to open their Display page.

Other Enhancements
Assign Term
Classify Information Assets to a Business
Glossary Term directly from the Workbench.
From the Right-Click or Right-Navigation task
menu, select the action.

Pre-reqs for Accessing the Metadata Workbench
1. To view graphical reports and to display assets in the graph view, you
must download and install Adobe SVG Viewer from
http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/
2. Supported web browsers are IE 6 & 7, and Mozilla Firefox 2
3. You must have the role of Metadata Workbench Admin or User.
4. Enable java script in the browsers
5. Enable cookies for the site
6. Screen resolution set to 1024 by 768 or greater.

Metadata Workbench Administrator

Purpose and Definition
The IBM MetaData Workbench analysis services provides advanced

algorithms and data mining techniques in determining existing
relationships that have yet to be formalized. These services provide the
added value of the IBM MetaData Workbench and its reporting, querying
and analysis capabilities.
Purpose and Definition

Learn and understand the management tasks of the MetaData
Administrator, including how to execute analysis services, import
Operational MetaData Logs, view Analysis Service logging and reconcile
Database Aliases.

Benefit
By dedicating a MetaData Administrator to ensuring accuracy within

analysis, users benefit from current and precise lineage reports.
Furthermore, users may search, view and browse DataStage and Quatlity
Stage Jobs and Physical Data Sources to understand their usages and
status.

Tasks
• Define and Manage user credentials of the IBM MetaData Workbench

• Recommend and implement process for Naming of Host Sytems,
Databases and Data Files. Ensure all requisite metatada appears in the
Repository.
• Define Process for Operation Metadata Management, including import
and purge of Operational Data Files
• Import DataStage and QualityStage Project Environment Variables
• Reconcile Database Aliases used within ETL Development Jobs
• Reconcile duplicate Data Sources

Tasks
• Define, Schedule and execute MetaData Workbench Automated

Analysis Services
• Review, maintain and react to the Logging Errors of the Automated
Analysis Service
• Determine requirement and need for Manual Linking Services
• Support and provide assistance to users of the Metadata Workbench as
required, for purposes of Analysis Reporting, Querying or Preview
Information Assets
• Author and Publish Metadata Workbench repository queries

User Access Roles
 Metadata Workbench User finds and explores

assets, runs analysis reports, and creates,
Security roles give
saves, and runs queries. organizations the
flexibility to customize
 Metadata Workbench Administrator runs the management of metadata
analysis linking services, publishes queries, for their specific business
explores metadata models plus all User tasks. requirements

Automated Services
•Ability to include or exclude Projects

Allows administrators to minimize time
• Intelligent metadata linkage delta processing
maintaining and managing
• Ability to schedule Analysis Services
metadata assets as well as reduce
• Ability to map Database Aliases to sources
the numbers of errors introduced
• Enhanced and extended support for Stages
from manual reconciliation
processes.

Installation Considerations

Metadata – Where does it exist

Development
•FastTrack
•Business Glossary Operational
•Database and File Data
•User Authorization
•DataStage Jobs Central
Metadata
•Operational Data
Reporting
•QualityStage Jobs MDR BI Target

Development
Platform IMI
•Analaysis Projects
•BI Reports
Operational

Metadata Workbench
• Metadata Workbench deployed at the Data Centers

• Primary use is to browse and query the metadata of the local data
center
• Provides real-time representation of the Data Center
• Metadata Workbench deployed at the Hub
• Browse and query the metadata across all the data centers
• Enrich metadata for accurate data lineage
• Investigate data lineage, displays lineage across all the Data Centers

Business Glossary
• Business Glossary is deployed at each Data Center and the

Hub
• The glossary is managed at the Hub and is published to each
data center via BG asset interchange
• The Data Centers do not change the content of the glossary
• Each Data Center can assign assets to Terms in the glossary.
These assignments will be migrated to the Hub together with
the assets

• CPU -
• The calculation is one core for every 5 concurrent users
• RAM -
• Requires 150 MB of RAM plus 100 MB for each concurrent user.
• Metadata Workbench with an expected capacity for 2 concurrent

users would require 450MB of extra RAM and an extra one
core


Import Data Sources and Reports

Import Export Manager for Information Server IT

Developers
IT
Administrators
Expand visibility of metadata touch-points in support of data integration projects

Features
• Security enforced via Information Server common security
layer as well as the 3rd party application security layer
• Metadata Bridges interchange metadata with each specific
application a consist of a model, a decoder, and an
encoder which require no coding.
• Import capabilities for 3rd party BI tools (Cognos, Business
Objects, MicroStrategy), data modeling tools (ERwin,
RDA) and databases (ODBC connections to all major
RDBMS)
• Support a variety of import formats including XMI, XML,
UML, CWM and CSV metadata exchange formats
Benefits
• No manual interface coding required for 3rd party
metadata visibility
• Visibility of data modeling to ETL to report layer
minimizes risks of overlooking critical dependencies
• Leverage common metadata exchange environment
for application development consistency

Meta Integration Technologies, Inc. (MITI)
• OEM of 3rd party metadata bridges for import

- More than a dozen major vendors OEM MITI bridges*
• IBM and MITI jointly certified and tested bridges
• Additional (MITI) bridges
- Many bridges are available “as-is” and can be easily enabled
post installation.
* http://www.metaintegration.net/Partners/Directory.html

The Areas of Metadata
Business Glossary & IS Users ETL Operational Metadata (Job Run

Information)
BI Reports
Physical Schemas
ETL Job Design

The Areas of Metadata Connected

Business Glossary & IS Users ETL Operational Metadata (Job Run
Information)
BI Reports
Physical Schemas
ETL Job Design

Sample Import Process

with CA ERwin

CA ERwin
Sample file from ERwin V4.1.4

ERwin Import Process – Step 1
Select the
bridge type
for import
Importing the sample file Erwin v4.1.4 via ERwin bridge

Set
parameters
for import
including
location of
file

Import status
screen

Select
objects for
import

ERwin Import Process – Step 4 (continuation)
Select objects
for import
(continuation)

Logon
information
for
Information
Server to
complete
import

Final status
of import

MetaData Workbench – Business Reports
 Business Reports are imported from 3rd Party Reporting Tools, as Business Objects
 The Import Manager allows for import of various 3 rd Party BI Vendor Applications
 Reports contain Report Fields. Report Fields are bound to Database Fields.
 Browsing a BI Report Field will display the Database Field to which it is bound.
 Flow of information may be Analyzed at an Operational Level

MetaData Workbench – Import Business Reports
 Import Manager needs to be installed where DataStage Client has been installed
 Import Manager may require 3rd Party Client Application
 Import Manager allows the Common Repository to include Models and Reports that do not
have native support within DataStage or Information Analyzer
 Import of Business Intelligence Reports creates Report Definition, OLAP Model and Database

MetaData Workbench – Business Reports Limitations
 Databases are loaded into “Unknown” or “Uninitialized” Servers and Schemas

 Report Fields may not be bound to the Database Fields, requiring a user to manually correct
this relationship
 Display of Report and OLAP Model may not be representatitive of the Native Tool. This is
due to the lack of Vendor Idenfication during the import process
 The Import process may not distinguish between User Defined Reports and Templates or
Samples.

Business Glossary

Applications of a Business Glossary

Simply put, a Business Glossary is created to represent the
language of the business, independent of technology
Three Primary Applications:

1. Ownership
 Identifying stewards
 Managing content
2. Collaboration
 Common, approved vocabulary
 Sharing domain expertise - Business & IT
3. Auditability
 Evolution of language
 Centralized management
All key enablers to regulatory compliance and

support the IBM Data Governance Maturity Model

Understanding the value of Business Metadata

• In the language of the business, independent of
technology
• Documents the business meaning of data & related
technology assets
• Used to
• define a shared meaning
• standardize names
• establish responsibility, accountability, and traceability
• govern access
• share insights & experiences among users
• represent business hierarchies
• document business descriptions, examples,
abbreviations and synonyms
• Must be managed by those that understand the
meaning and importance of the information
assets to the business
• Better aligns the efforts of IT with the goals of the
business

InfoSphere Business Glossary Steward Business

Users
Create and manage business vocabulary and relationships
Steward
Features
Console
• Facilitate business & IT communications by
creating & managing a common business vocabulary
• Web based interface shared across enterprise
business teams
• Allows creation of stewards & assignment of their
responsibilities for terms & assets.
• Link business terms to information assets
Benefits
• Aligns the efforts of IT with the goals of the
business
• Provides business context to information
technology assets
Business
• Establishes responsibility and accountability in Interface
accordance with data governance policies

Business Glossary Lifecycle
 Import
 Create
 Assign
 Customize
Populate
Access Manage
 Browse
 Instant find  Relate
 Advanced search  Status
 Reporting  Enrich
 Feedback

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IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

• Metadata Workbench Administration

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• Metadata Workbench Usability

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Capacity Planning for Metadata Workbench

• Metadata Workbench with an expected capacity for 2 concurrent

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

• DataStage and QualityStage Designer

• Import Export Manager

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Information Server: Optimizing Application Development

Rational Data Information

Common Enterprise Search and Profile Map Sources to Transform and

Share Share Share Share

Unified metadata for active administration, management and reporting

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Metadata enables you to put context and meaning to things.

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Metadata Primer for Business

Literally, “data about data” that describes your company’s

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Metadata Business Drivers

 Governance and Compliance Regulations are increasing

- How do organizations comply and meet documentation requirements?

 Business Competition continues to grow

- How do organizations individualize their customer experience?

 Costs and system complexities are expanding

- How can organizations drive optimization with integration?

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Metadata Business Challenges

• Selecting the correct metadata strategy for particular business

• Promoting adoption of a metadata strategy and associated

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

Metadata helps answer important questions such as:

• What data or information exists ?

• How is it inter-related to other

• When was it last updated ?

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

What does Information Server help achieve?

Business Subject Matter Architects Data Developers DBAs

We use it to document & We use it to accelerate

We use it to understand and We use it to accelerate

What does Information Server help achieve?

Business Subject Matter Architects Data Developers DBAs

Unified Metadata Management

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

The IBM InfoSphere Vision

An Industry Unique Information Platform

• Accelerate client value

• Modular but Integrated

• Scalable – Project to Enterprise

IBM Confidential © 2009 IBM Corporation

The IBM Solution: InfoSphere Information Server

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Discover, model, Standardize, merge, Combine and Synchronize, virtualize

Unified Metadata Management