Designing Subjects

Subject Design Overview

Creating a Subject

1. On the DataArts Studio console, locate an instance and click Access. On the displayed page, locate a workspace and click DataArts Architecture.
   Figure 1 DataArts Architecture
   
2. On the DataArts Architecture page, choose Data Survey > Subjects in the left navigation bar. On the page displayed, click Create in the upper left corner.
   Figure 2 Designing a subject
   
3. In the dialog box displayed, set the parameters and click OK.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating a subject area group

   Parameter	Description
   * Subject Name	The following characters are not allowed: / \ < >.
   * Subject Code	The code of the subject area group to create. Only letters, digits, spaces, underscores (_), hyphens (-), parentheses, and ampersands (&) are allowed.
   Alias	The following characters are not allowed: \ < >. NOTE: Before configuring an alias, choose Metrics > Configuration Center, click the Model Settings tab, and select Subjects for Use Alias.
   * Parent Subject	Parent subject of the subject area group
   Data Owner's Department	The department that the data owner belongs to.
   * Data Owner	Select a data owner from the drop-down list box. You can select multiple data owners or enter custom data owners.
   Description	A description of the subject area group to create.

   Figure 3 Create Subject Area Group dialog box
   
4. You can create multiple subjects in a subject.

   The number of subject levels is defined by users on the Subject Levels tab page on the Configuration Center page. By default, there are three levels in the system, Subject Area Group (L1), Subject Area (L2), and Business Object (L3).

Importing a Subject

1. On the DataArts Architecture page, choose Data Survey > Subjects in the left navigation pane.
2. Click Import in the upper left corner.
   Figure 4 Importing a subject
   

3. In the dialog box displayed, set Update Existing Data, click Select File, and click Upload.
   Figure 5 Importing a subject
   

   Table 2 Parameters for importing subjects

   Parameter	Description
   Update Existing Data	Whether to update existing subject information (subject area group, subject area, or business object) during the import. When a subject is imported, the system checks whether the subject exists according to its code. No: If you select this option, the subject information will not be updated. Yes: If you select this option, the subject information will be updated. During the import, only subject creation and update are allowed.
   Upload File	Select the file to import. You can use either of the following methods to obtain the file to import: Downloading the subject import template and fill in it In the Import Subject dialog box, click Subject Template to download the template, fill in the content, and save the settings. See Table 3 for template parameter details. Exporting subjects to files You can export the subjects created in DataArts Architecture of a DataArts Studio instance to an Excel file. Then, import the Excel file. See Exporting a Subject for details.

   Table 3 describes the parameters in the downloaded template. Parameters whose names start with an asterisk (*) are mandatory, and other parameters are optional. Enter the information about a subject in a line.

   Table 3 Parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Parent Subject	Encoding path of the upper-level subject, which is separated by slashes (/).
   *Name	The following characters are not allowed: / \ < >.
   *Code	Code of the subject to create. Only letters, digits, spaces, underscores (_), hyphens (-), parentheses, and ampersands (&) are allowed.
   Alias	Alias of the subject.
   Description	A description of the subject. This parameter is mandatory for the lowest-level subject. You must add the description of the lowest-level subject in the file to be imported.
   Data Owner's Department	The department that the data owner belongs to. This parameter is mandatory for the lowest-level subject. You must add the department of the owner of the lowest-level subject in the file to be imported.
   Data Owner	The owner of the data. Multiple owners are supported. Separate owner names with commas (,)

4. View the import result on the Last Import tab page. If the import is successful, click Close. If the import fails, you can view the failure cause, correct the template file, and upload it again.
   Figure 6 Last Import tab page
   

Exporting a Subject

1. On the DataArts Architecture page, choose Data Survey > Subjects in the left navigation pane.
2. Click Export in the upper left corner to export the existing subject information to an Excel file. Then, import the Excel file.
   

   A subject or process has a hierarchy. You can export only data of all levels.

Managing a Subject

Figure 7 Subject design area

• Search

  You can enter a keyword in the search box to search for a topic.

• Edit

  Locate a subject in the list and click in the Operation column to edit the subject.

• Delete

  Select a subject in the list and click Delete above the list.

• Move Up/Down

  Locate a subject in the list and click or in the Operation column to move down or up the subject.