Any Best Practices for documenting System of Record information as it relates to Source System

Hi all

We are getting ready to ingest glossary terms from a source system - however, the terms really come from another system of record via an integration. Any thoughts on the best way to capture some of these data assets. We are doing this now for our glossary - not our data catalog.

Term Name in Source System: Sample Term Name
Source System: ERP System
System of Record: Ancillary System (this feeds the ERP via integration)

What if the Term name is different in the System of Record? For example the term name is: “Sample Name”

Any suggestions on this?

Thanks !!

Barry Goldstein

Posted 4 years ago · Edited 1 year ago·Last reply 4 years ago

2 comments

Barry Goldstein

OP4 years ago · Edited

Thanks Arthur! Appreciate the insight as always !

arthurburkhardt

·4 years ago · Edited

Business terms should be technology agnostic, so if two terms mean the same thing but are different, maybe there’s one too many.

Here’s what a model could look like:

You can customize new attributes or new relations, but only if this is consistent behavior in your company. Else you might end up with too complex a model.