Capture business object categories
A business object category bundles and classifies content-specific business objects in order to evaluate various aspects of business objects. Business object categories may have a hierarchical structure with multiple subordinate business object categories. Each business object may be associated with only one business object category.
Business categories are structured in a business object hierarchy. Before you begin, you should consider which business categories are your main business categories and which are their subordinate business categories.
Go to Information Architecture > Business Object Categories:
- Add a new root-level business object category. Click the root node of the explorer and click the New button to open the edit panel to specify a name. Click OK to create the business object category.
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Add a new subordinate business object category. Click the parent business object category in the explorer, go to the Overview tab and open the Subordinate Business Object Categories view. Click
> Create Business Object Category to open the edit panel. -
Define the details of the business object category.. Click the Navigate
button next to a business object category to open its content area.Specify the business object category's attributes as well as the relationships that it has to other assets in the repository. -
Change the parent of a business object category. In the Subordinate Business Object Categories view, click > Move Existing Business Object Category Here to open a selector where you can chose the business object category to move to the new parent business object category.
Try to capture as much information as possible about the business object category because complete data considerably improves the results of business questions and other analytics.
Once a business object category is in the repository, you can define more details about the business object category in the Business Object Categories data workbench.
Per default, the data workbench displays only a set of basic attributes. You can add more columns to capture other attributes directly in the data workbench via the Structure column. Click to learn about how to use data workbenches.
Or you can select an individual business object category in the data workbench and navigate to its content area and specify and analyze the business object category in detail. In the data workbench, click the Navigate button to open the business object category's content area. Go to the Overview page.
Define the business object category's basic data.
- Name: (Mandatory) Enter a meaningful name for the business object category that is known by the users in your enterprise.
- Authorized User: The user who creates the business object is the authorized user per default. This can be changed.
- Authorized User Groups: Select one or more authorized user groups that shall have write permissions to the business object. All users in the authorized user group can edit the business object.
A business object can only be assigned to one business object category. A business object category may have multiple business objects assigned to it.
- In the Business Object Categories data workbench, click the Navigate button to open the business object category's content area.
- Go to the Overview page.
- In the Business Objects field, enter the name of the business object that is assigned to the business object category, or click in the field to open the selector. Select each business object that you want to assign to the business object category.
- Click outside of the selector to close it and update the Business Objects field.
Assigning users and organizations to roles is critical to understanding responsibility for assets in the IT and is required to answer the business question Who is responsible for our assets?.
Responsibilities are based on preconfigured role types. Your company may also configure custom role types via the Portfolio Admin user profile. Depending on the role type, a specified user and/or a specified organization may fulfill the responsibility for the business object category. A user assigned responsibility via a role has read-only permissions to the business object category. To change data about the business object category, they must also be specified as an authorized user or member of a n authorized user group.
Roles can be assigned to a business object category in the Business Object Categories data workbench or the business object category content area via Overview > Responsibilities.
Each role column represents the responsibility that a user or organization has for the business object category. A person or organization can have one of the following roles or a custom role added by your company:
- Architect: A person who is responsible for the governance of the business object category.
- Owner: A person or organization that owns the business object category and understands its purpose for the business.
- Stakeholder: A person or organization that has an interest in the business object category and therefore requires read-only access permissions.
- Click a column cell to open a selector to define the role for the business object category. Depending on the role column, the selector may have a section for both Person and Organization.
- Expand the relevant section and select the person or organization to assign their role to the business object category.
At any point in time, you can check the data quality of the business object category you are defining to see where gaps exist.
In the data table, click the navigate button of the business object category you want to define. Go to the business object category's content area > Data Quality > Data Quality Details. Expand the table in order to review the data quality issues. Click the link in the Resolution column to navigate to the location where you can correct the data quality issue.