Extensions tooling is used to create hard types,
or the data additions, extensions, behavior (service) extensions that
physically change the database structure and the running code of the InfoSphere® MDM application.
Learning objectives
Upon completing
this section of the tutorial, you will understand how to create physical
customizations using extensions tooling in the MDM Workbench.
For the purposes of this tutorial, you will be creating a GeneralLedger,
which is basically a listing of accounts containing basic account
descriptions, contact or customer details, and related information.
This illustrates a real-world application of how you can use InfoSphere MDM to
manage master data.
Creating physical customizations follows
this basic workflow:
- Task: create a new Development Project and create a general
ledger to add to it. Time required: about 5 minutes.
- Task: create definitions for the addition and add attributes. Time
required: about 10 minutes.
- Task: create a code table for the terms of payment for
the general ledger. Time required: about 7 minutes.
- Task: create a new type code attribute for the terms of
payment for the general ledger. Time required: about 3 minutes.
- Task: create a new data extension for Person. Time required: about
3 minutes.
- Task: generate the implementation of the physical customizations. Time
required: about 2 minutes.
- Task: explore the results of the implementation and refine
the settings. Time required: about 5 minutes
- Task: deploy and test the changes. Time required: about
5 minutes
It should take no more than 60 minutes to finish all
of the tasks for this tutorial.