Associate Data with Row
The main characteristics of the Associate Data with Row tool are:
- Suited for association of a few metadata tables to a few data elements.
- Full control to select which data element should be associated with a particular metadata row.
- No requirement for a key column in the metadata table.
- No requirement for a relationship between the name of the data element and the metdata to associate it with.
To associate data elements with a particular row in the metadata table:
- Select the desired row in the metadata table by clicking on it.
- Right click and select the Associate Data with Row option (see
figure 3.20), or click on the Associate Data button at the bottom of the view and choose the option Associate Data with Row.
Figure 3.20: Manual association of data elements to a metadata row. - A window will open within which you can select the data elements that should have an association with the metadata row.
If a selected data element already has an association with this particular metadata table, that association will be updated. Associations with any other metadata tables will be left as they are.
- Click on the button labeled Next.
- Enter a role for the data elements that have been chosen.
- Click on the button labeled Next.
- Click on the button labeled Next and then choose to Save the outputs.
Data associations and roles will be saved for the selected data elements.