New Information Steward FAQs

[Former Member]

A new Information Steward FAQ page has been added to the Information Steward wiki.  Here is a look at the initial questions that have been posted and answered.

Please bookmark the page and the wiki as for future reference as questions arise as well as contribute with additional answers to commonly asked questions.

• Metadata Management Questions
  • What native SAP Metadata Integrators does SAP Information Steward support?
  • How is metadata discovery supported with the MIMB (Metadata Integration Model Bridge) Integrator Sou...
  • Is there any way to define a filter around what metadata is crawled within a source?
  • Is it possible to extract only the changed / newly updated metadata into the Information Steward Met...
  • Is it possible to view multiple versions of metadata and each versions respective impact and lineage...
  • Can the SAP BW system to be crawled by on any platform (e.g. Windows, Linux, UNIX, …)?
  • Does Metadata Management support automatic extraction of metadata when metadata changes in its respe...
  • Will database stored procedures extraction include metadata relationships (e.g. within a stored proc...
  • I have received some errors when leveraging the Teradata Metadata Integrator.  What do they mean and...
  • Does Information Platform Services (IPS or mini-BOE) support Metadata Management and Metapedia integ...
  • The metadata collection is incomplete or incorrect.  How do I proceed?
  • How do I access the Metadata Integrator log files?
  • The impact/lineage is missing for the Data Services Metadata Integrator.  How do I proceed?
  • I am receiving a connection error, “Integrator not deployed.”  How do I resolve this?
  • I can’t see lineage in the lineage reports.  What could be the issue?
  • I cannot create new Erwin Metadata Integrator, seems that the file is too large.  Help?
  • The metadata integrators are stuck in a "Pending" status, how do I get it to start?
  • I am having issues with the Meta Integration Model Bridge Integrator Source (e.g. MITI or MIMB Integ...

• Metapedia Questions
  • Is Metapedia a suitable solution to document data standards?
  • Can we add new columns to Metapedia for additional documentation?
  • When adding custom attributes to Metapedia, can we configure drop-down values for some columns to re...
  • Is it possible to activate an approval workflow as part of governance process when there is a need t...
  • Can we create and manage versions in Metapedia?
  • How does search work?  Can users search on a string and can the tool search through all the content?

• Data Insight Questions
  • How do I validate for allowable characters in a field?
  • How should we setup projects and scorecards within Data Insight?
  • How are data quality scorecards built?   Are they based on projects?
  • Can a rule be shared between projects?

• Platform / General Questions
  • What are the minimum number of CPUs/cores required to support Information Steward?
  • Does Information Steward support this database or that application source?
  • What operating systems is Information Steward supported on?
  • What is the recommended deployment of Information Steward, Data Services and Information Platform Se...
  • Do you have any tips for installing Information Steward?
  • Can Information Steward and Data Services share a single database repository?
  • Do you recommend leveraging a shared BI Platform or a standalone Information Platform Services (IPS)...
  • Can Information Steward be used in a virtualized environment?
  • Does Information Steward support SAP Authentication?
  • How can we setup roles for Information Steward?
  • What type of recommendations do you have for development, test and production environment setup?  Wh...