creating enterprise standards 09302010

Creating Enterprise Standards withCA ERwin® Data Modeling

Terry Hanks – CA Presales Consultant

Abstract

• As data volumes increase, and organizations are faced with data integration challenges associated with mergers and acquisitions, master data management, business intelligence, and/or data governance initiatives, the need to create consistent, reusable standards is more critical than ever before. Standards help increase efficiency and quality by promoting reuse across the organization.

Speaker Bio

• Terry Hanks is a CA Technologies Presales Consultant for the CA Erwin Modeling Family of products. He has worked with the Modeling Product line for 5 years.

• Prior to joining CA Technologies, Terry worked in the Health care IT industry.

Agenda

• Why Use Enterprise Data Standards

• Implementing Standards with CA ERwin Modeling

– Leveraging Naming Standards and Domains

– User Defined Properties (UDP’s)

– Defining Data Type Standards

– Using Model Templates

– Sharing Standards using CA ERwin Model Manager

– Reporting to Stakeholders using Crystal Reports

• Live Demo

• Q&A

Why use Enterprise Standards?

• Business decisions are based on data – bad data or design results in bad business decisions

• Benefits of using data standards:– Increased Efficiency

– Increased Data Quality

– Promotes Reuse and Communication across the organization.

Who uses Enterprise Standards?

• Many types of initiatives can benefit from Enterprise Standards Data Warehousing

Master Data Management (MDM)

Mergers and Acquisitions

Data Integration

Application Development

Data Quality

Data Governance

Using Naming Standards

• What is a Naming Standard?

– A glossary of words and abbreviations that can be used in model object names

• Why use the Naming Standards Editor?

– Develop model naming standards

– Check model names for accuracy

– Name model objects in models derived from other models

– Reuse of standards across the enterprise

Using Domains

• What is a Domain?

– A set of values and rules assigned to a data element

• Example: Data types, Validation rules

– Used to quickly assign properties to columns

• Why use Domains?

– Speeds Design process

– Easy to maintain

– Use across entire model

Using User Defined Properties (UDPs)

• What is a UDP ?

– Provides the ability to define custom model object properties

• Why use UDPs?

– Further documentation of model objects

– Clarification for users or viewers of models

– Standardize usage across models

• Examples of Common UDPs

– Data Stewards, Status, Document attachments, etc.

Using Datatype Standards

• What is a Datatype Standards file?

– Includes user-defined datatypes and mapping information that is needed to convert logical & physical datatypes.

• Why use a Datatype Standards file?

– Converting models from Logical to Physical

– Converting models from one Physical DBMS to another

– Deriving multiple models from one source

– Introducing new data types

Using Model Templates with Standards

• What is a Model Template?

– A starting point for new models containing reusable objects such as:

• Domains

• Naming standards

• Formatting options

• Etc.

• Why use a Model Template?

– Provides Standardization and Reuse

– Speeds up development/altering of models/databases

Sharing Standards Using CA ERwin Model Manager

• What is CA ERwin Model Manager?

– Central location for storing standards, such as:

• Naming Standards

• Datatype Standards

• Model Templates

– Collaboration for use, reuse, and audit

• Why use CA ERwin Model Manager?

– Reuse of core data assets

– Efficiencies for team collaboration

– Access to other models for sharing objects via Complete Compare

Reporting to Stakeholders

• Sharing information in customizable formats

• CA ERwin Data Modeler provides multiple reporting options – HTML

– PDF

– Text

– RTF

– Crystal Reports

– OBDC queries

• In addition, these reports may be filtered by Subject Areas or Stored Displays

Demo

• CA ERwin Data Modeler Enterprise Standards Demo

Visit www.ERwin.com

Questions?

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