Viewing blueprints

You can view IBM® InfoSphere® Blueprint Director blueprints from within Information Governance Catalog.

Before you begin

  • You must have the Information Governance Catalog Basic User role or higher.
  • To view the blueprint in the Blueprint Viewer, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 7 or later, or Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) installed.

About this task

A blueprint is a collection of diagrams that represent an information architecture for a project. The blueprint includes blueprint elements and their links to other assets, method elements, and other details. Blueprints are catalog assets that you can assign to terms and information governance rules.

Procedure

  1. If work flow is enabled, click either Glossary Development or Catalog, depending on the catalog that you want to search. Otherwise, click Catalog.
  2. Do any of the following steps, depending on what action you need to do:
    Option Description
    To view a list of blueprints
    • Click Information Assets.
    • In Browse Lists, click Blueprints.
    To display the Details page of a blueprint From the Details page of an asset that has a blueprint, click the blueprint element that is displayed under Linked Blueprint Elements. The Blueprint Viewer window opens to display details about the blueprint.
    To view a larger and more detailed graphic display of the blueprint in a separate window
    1. In the Details page of a blueprint, click View Blueprint or the blueprint image to open the blueprint in the Blueprint Viewer window.
    2. In Blueprint Viewer, click a blueprint element. The details of the element appear in the right pane of the viewer. Click the link to the asset that is displayed in the right pane to display its Details page in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog.