Metadata Attributes to Track

(Revised List – 2014-01-08)

Cognos Identification
1. Data Source
2. Database
3. Schema
4. Table
5. Column Name
6. General Information
  1. Metadata key
  2. Descriptive Information

i. Domain

ii. Short Description

iii. Long Description

iv. Data Type

v. Length

vi. Format

Ownership

i. Owner

ii. Custodian

Miscellaneous

i. Sensitivity/Security

ii. See Also

iii. Notes

Dimensional Source Information
1. Identification

i. Office

ii. System

iii. Database

iv. Table

v. Column Name

Descriptive Information

i. Data Type

ii. Length

iii. Precision

iv. Unique

v. Nullable

vi. Domain/Range

vii. Format

viii. Default

ETL Information

i. Extraction frequency

ii. Extraction criteria

iii. Transformation tool

iv. Transformation rules

v. Transformation owner

Non-dimensional Source Information
1. Identification