When you add a dataset, Talend Data Preparation
automatically suggests, for each column, the best data type or semantic type that matches
the data.
If the semantic type proposed by Talend Data Preparation for one column is not the desired one, you can manually change it by clicking the menu icon in
the column header.
This allows you to choose among the list of semantic types present in Talend Data Preparation by default. See Predefined Semantic Types for more information. You
can go further by creating your own semantic types, as well as updating or deleting the existing
ones, so that Talend Data Preparation speaks your
business language.
The semantic types modifications are made directly in the Talend Data Preparation interface, via the Semantic types tab of the left menu.
All the changes are stored using Talend Dictionary Service and are propagated across various Talend
products.
The availability of Talend Dictionary Service depends
on the license you have.
In Talend Dictionary Service, the semantic types are
divided into three main categories:
The DICT type, based on an open or closed list of values.
The REGEX type that compares your data against a preselected regular
expression.
The COMPOUND type, under which you can group several existing types.
To enable the interaction between Talend Dictionary Service and Talend Data Preparation, you must fulfill the following
prerequisites:
Talend Dictionary Service is
installed and running.
Talend Administration Center is installed and running.
You have a Platform license or a Talend Data Fabric
license.
The Dictionary Service User check box is selected for your
user in Talend Administration Center.
In the
<install_folder>\dataprep\config\application.properties
file, the dataquality.semantic.update.enable and
dataquality.semantic.list.enable properties are set as
true.
In the
<install_folder>\dataprep\config\application.properties
file, you have set the URL to your Talend Dictionary Service
instance with the semanticservice.url parameter.
