Initial Setup for Metrics

Before metrics can be created, a Setup Group must be configured to hold them.

Note: A Setup Group is required if the user wants to migrate completeness scores to a Description attribute. For more information, refer to the Migrating Completeness Scores to Description Attributes topic of the Data Profiling documentation.

  1. In System Setup, expand Object Types & Structures.
  2. Right-click Setup Group type root, and then choose New Object Type.
  3. Enter an ID, and a Name such as 'Metrics,' and then click Create.

The Setup Group appears as a child below Setup Group type root.

Next, you have to link the Metric object type to a the Setup Group.

  1. In Object Types & Structures, expand Basic Object Types, then select Completeness Metric.
  2. On the References tab, click Add Parent.
  3. In the Select New Parent dialog, select the Setup Group just created, then click Select to make it a valid parent.

Next, create an instance of the Metric object.

  1. On the System Setup tab, click Maintain, mouse over Insert, and then select Setup Group Root.
  2. In the Create Setup Group Root dialog, select the new object type.

  1. Enter an ID and a Name, then click Create.

A Setup Group is created as a node in the System Setup hierarchy, and you can start creating metrics.

For more information about creating metrics, refer to the Creating and Editing Metrics topic.