Transcript Slide 1 - Information Builders

iWay Data Quality Portal
Product Highlights
Anand Maheshwari
7.0.5 GA
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7.0.5 at a Glance
 Searchable custom attributes
 New ways of issue import / export
 Web interface and DQC steps
 Administration section in web application
 System info, maintenance tasks, restart
 Improved metadata
 Workflow component for testing attribute values
 Upgrading from previous versions
 Websphere Application Server (WAS) and NAM Support
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Custom Fields
 Purpose:
 Additional description for issues
 Can be used as navigator columns
 Support filtering
 Types
 String (exact or fulltext indexed)
 Integer
 List (set of value-description pairs)
 Custom fields are defined globally, then assigned to individual issues on the
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“Custom Fields” tab
Once defined, custom fields are required in import
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Issue Import / Export
 Pre-7.0.5:
 IssueImporter batch script only
 7.0.5+:
 Issue Importer/Exporter batch script (slight change in command line
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arguments)
 IssueImporter and IssueReader DQC steps
 Web interface for issue upload
 Support for filtering in issue exporter (batch and step)
 Status, assignee, system, entity
New importer pseudo-columns:
 issue_assignee – if present, overrides the default assignee. Applies only to
new issues
 issue_comment –specific comment will be added to the issue if it is
updated (created, reopened) by the importer.
Default resolution for Manual Merge issue
 via issue_record_resolution pseudo-column (values 0-4 as in export file)
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Improved Administration in the Web App
 App monitoring
 System Information
 Background operations
 Issue import
 Maintenance tasks
 Rebuild index – synchronize Lucene with DB
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if metadata change or if the index is not in
sync
 Delete obsolete issues – deletes inactive
issues
Integrity checks
 For future use
 Detects problems in DQIT data / metadata /
config
Restart
 re-read metadata from disk
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New Metadata (GUI) Items
 New issue type: General Issue
 Custom fields
 Screen configuration
 System settings
 New workflow conditions:
 Field test
 Bindings for custom conditions built in Java
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Upgrading from Previous Versions
 Database structure
 New table: dqit_issue_attach
 Config.xml
 Database persistence does no longer use dialect, driver, url and
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other connection parameters.
Metadata: use “Upgrade template” functionality
 Be sure that app server is not running
After starting the application, rebuild the indexes
IssueImporter batch script
 The first parameter is DQIT application URL, not config.xml
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Future Development (7.x.x and 8.x.x version)
 User-customized L&F
 Favorite pages
 Home screen selection
 Integrity checks
 Drag issue type in GUI to a plan file
 Creates Importer / Reader
 Accessibility features (a.k.a. 508 compliance)
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iWay Data Quality Portal
Thank You !
Anand Maheshwari
7.0.5 GA
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