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US 2017/0364514 A1Published application
Visualizing relationships between data elements
AssigneeAb Initio Technology LLC
InventorsErik Bator, Joel Gould, Dusan Radivojevic, Tim Wakeling
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Abstract
In general, a specification of multiple contexts that are related according to a hierarchy is received. Relationships are determined among three or more metadata objects, and at least some of the metadata objects are grouped into one or more respective groups. Each of at least some of the groups is based on a selected one of the contexts and is represented by a node in a diagram. Relationships among the nodes are determined based on the relationships among the metadata objects in the groups represented by the nodes, and a visual representation is generated of the diagram including the nodes and the relationships among the nodes.
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A method including:
- receiving a specification of multiple contexts that are related according to a hierarchy;
- determining relationships among three or more metadata objects, in which at least some of the metadata objects represent data elements and at least some of the metadata objects represent transformations of data provided by the data elements, for a given metadata object of the metadata objects, the relationships among the metadata objects include one or more of:
- relationships between the given metadata object and one or more metadata objects on which the given metadata object depends, and
- relationships between the given metadata object and one or more metadata objects that depend on the given metadata object;
- grouping at least some of the metadata objects into one or more respective groups, each of at least some of the groups being based on a selected one of the contexts, at least two groups being associated with different contexts;
- representing the at least some metadata objects by a diagram having nodes, each node representing a metadata object or a group of metadata objects;
- determining relationships among the nodes based on the relationships among the metadata objects or the groups;
- determining groupings of the nodes based on the groupings of the metadata objects;
- receiving a first user input selecting a particular node for which to determine data lineage;
- receiving a second user input selecting one of the contexts;
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- in response to the first and second user inputs, generating a visual representation of the diagram including the nodes and the relationships among the nodes, the diagram including a first group of two or more nodes representing two or more data elements, the first group of two or more nodes being associated with a first context in the received specification, and a second group of two or more nodes representing two or more transformations of data, the second group of two or more nodes being associated with a second context in the received specification,
- wherein the visual representation includes the particular node, in which at least some of the nodes are shown at a level of resolution associated with the user-selected context.
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A method including:
- receiving a specification of multiple contexts that are related according to a hierarchy;
- determining relationships among three or more metadata objects, in which at least some of the metadata objects represent data elements and at least some of the metadata objects represent transformations of data provided by the data elements, for a given metadata object of the metadata objects, the relationships among the metadata objects include one or more of:
- relationships between the given metadata object and one or more metadata objects on which the given metadata object depends, and
- relationships between the given metadata object and one or more metadata objects that depend on the given metadata object;
- grouping at least some of the metadata objects into one or more respective groups, each of at least some of the groups being based on a selected one of the contexts, at least two groups being associated with different contexts;
- representing the at least some metadata objects by a diagram having nodes, each node representing a metadata object or a group of metadata objects;
- determining relationships among the nodes based on the relationships among the metadata objects or the groups;
- determining groupings of the nodes based on the groupings of the metadata objects;
- receiving a first user input selecting a particular node for which to determine data lineage;
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- in response to the first user input, generating a visual representation of the diagram including the nodes and the relationships among the nodes, the diagram including a first group of two or more nodes representing two or more data elements, the first group of two or more nodes being associated with a first context in the received specification, and a second group of two or more nodes representing two or more transformations of data, the second group of two or more nodes being associated with a second context in the received specification,
- wherein the visual representation includes the particular node, in which at least some of the nodes are initially shown at a least detailed level of resolution.
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