Adding a new data record to an entity
In the Master Data Browser page or the Staging Data
Browser page, you can add new master data records or staging data records to
the selected entity. The data records you added are validated against the data model you
select before browsing the entity.
Before you begin
- The MDM server is already launched.
- You have been assigned a role with the appropriate user authorization and access rights.
- At least one view has been created in Talend Studio. For more information, see Creating a View.
- Make sure you have selected the data container that holds the master data you want to manage and the data model against which the master data will be validated.
About this task
Procedure
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In the Menu panel, click
Browse and then click
Master Data Browser to open
the Master Data Browser page.
Example
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In the entity field, click the arrow and then select from the
list the entity to which you want to add a data record. In
this example, select Product.
Click the
button in the upper left corner
to open a new page.Example
Information noteNote: The mandatory fields are displayed in red. You will not be able to save the new record before you fill in all these fields. -
If needed, click the
icon and select an image for
the new data record.
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According to the defined data model, enter appropriate values
in the mandatory fields or select an appropriate value from
the list.
Information noteNote: You can put your pointer on
to see the description of the
identifier. -
If the entity has foreign key links to other entities, click
the next tab and configure the foreign key information. In
this example, the product information is linked to a
specific product family.
Example
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Click
to display a list of foreign
keys.
Example
Such a list appears if foreign keys and their information have been defined in the ProductFamily entity through Talend Studio.Information noteNote: If the Set the foreign key filter annotation is added to the specified attribute in Talend Studio when defining the corresponding data model, you can filter the foreign key values displayed in the list. For more information, see Adding a foreign key filter.