IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench

IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench provide these unique capabilities

• Complete traceability of information across tools, allowing data elements in reports to be traced back to their sources - leveraging a unique seamless view across design and operational metadata

• Responsiveness to change by providing an understanding of the impact of any change to any piece of information across tools, showing which reports, services, or target databases will be impacted before a source data element is changed

• A complete set of reporting, management, and administrative functions for metadata elements within IBM InfoSphere WebSphere Metadata Server

• Web-based visualization and navigation of metadata that allows many different users to use the functionality without expensive client software installation and also allows for remote diagnosis and resolution of problems by IT teams

• Visual depiction of metadata relationships like data lineage and impact analysis that makes it easy to find and understand metadata relationships quickly and allows non-IT users to understand relationships

• Cross-tool impact analysis which ensures that the complete impact of change is understood before a change is made, even when the impact extends beyond a single tool and makes IT teams more responsive by reducing the analysis time required before making changes to systems

• Cross-tool data lineage that provides an understanding of the complete lineage path of information, including where it comes from, what its related to, and what happened to it along the way and enables business personnel to understand the origins of their information and support regulatory compliance and auditability requirements

• Metadata Stitching automatically connects design and operational metadata elements together to form relationships that ensure a complete understanding information, and provides IT with the tools to ensure consistency in the metadata view

• Reporting on the linkage of business terms to technical information assets that ensures a better understanding and collaboration between business and IT and removes barriers between teams to speed project development times

• Flexibility to perform these functions directly on the mainframe so that you can:
  - leverage existing mainframe resources to maximize the value of your IT investments
  - take advantage of the scalability, security, manageability and reliability of the mainframe
  - add mainframe information integration work load without added z/OS operational costs