You can create custom filters to filter out properties
or attributes of data objects when you run a comparison.
Before you begin
To create custom comparison filters, you must first compare
data objects to each other.
About this task
The workbench provides several built-in filters that you
can enable or disable. You can also create custom filters to use when
you compare data objects. For example, if you would like to filter
out the
dataCapture attribute of a data object, you
can create a custom comparison filter. When you enable the custom
comparison filter, the differences in those attributes or properties
are not displayed as differences in the Compare editor.
You can
only create custom filters for properties or attributes of a data
object. You cannot filter out entire objects, such as a table, by
creating custom filters.
Procedure
- Open the Create Custom Filter window. In the Compare editor, right-click the attribute or property
that you want to filter, then select Create Custom Filter. For example, right-click the dataCapture property
of a table. The Create Custom Filter window
opens.
- Specify a description for the new filter, then click OK to
create the filter.
Results
The custom comparison filter is created.
What to do next
When you run a comparison, you can enable or disable this
filter on the
Custom Filters page of the comparison
wizard. This wizard page appears only if you create custom filters
for the type of comparison that you are running. To enable or disable
filters by default, update the options for the comparison type on
the
Custom Filter Configuration page of the
Preferences window.
You
can create custom filters for the following comparison types:
- Physical data model objects for supported database vendors
- Logical data model objects
- Domain data model objects
- Glossary model objects
- Transformations from logical data models to existing physical
data models