Create Metadata window

Rational ProjectConsole Designer Help

To use a new source template for data collection, you must create the associated metadata, which includes a measure table, one or more dimension tables, a mapping between your source fields and the target fields, and a scheduled collection task.

Use the controls in this window to provide the source field information that Rational ProjectConsole will then use to create the required metadata.

Note: Rational ProjectConsole prompts for automatic metadata creation only once, immediately after you save a new source template. If you choose not to have Rational ProjectConsole create the metadata for you, then you must create the target tables, mapping, and collection task for your source template manually.

The metadata that Rational ProjectConsole creates for a new source template includes new target tables. If you want to reuse existing tables, you must create the metadata manually.

Source templates that contain a date/time source field

A date/time source field must be mapped to a time dimension table. Rational ProjectConsole does not automatically create time dimension tables for you. In this case you should select String as the source field type, and then perform the additional steps described in Automatically created metadata and the date/time dimension.