Dictionaries

Dictionaries are used to translate columns in data quality reports. Dictionaries are applied based on the order they are listed.

Create a Dictionary

To create a dictionary:

1. Verify you’re in the Admin module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.
   Or
   Select Admin from the Profile menu to navigate to the Admin module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.

2. Click Dictionaries in the Admin menu.

3. Click Create dictionary button.

For details about a specific field, hover over the Help icon.

For more information about dictionaries, click the Page help icon on the Site menu.

Delete a Dictionary

Use caution when deleting a dictionary because this action also deletes the entries and detaches the assets associated with it.

To delete a dictionary:

1. Verify you’re in the Admin module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.
   Or
   Select Admin from the Profile menu to navigate to the Admin module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.

2. Click Dictionaries in the Admin menu.

3. Click the dictionary NAME link to navigate to the detail page.

4. Click the More actions icon.

5. Select Delete.

Assign Dictionaries to a System

Translation dictionaries applied to a system are used to translate columns in Data Quality reports. Multiple translation dictionaries can be added; dictionaries are applied based on the order they are listed.

To assign translation dictionaries to a system:

1. Verify you’re in the Catalog module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.
   Or
   Select Catalog from the Home menu to navigate to the Catalog module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.

2. Search for an existing system.

3. Click the More actions icon.

4. Select Edit.

5. Select a dictionary or multiple dictionaries from the Translation Dictionaries list box.

6. Use the Move dictionary icon to reorder, if needed. The order they are listed are the order in which they are applied to the system.

7. Click the Save button.

Change Priority of Dictionaries

If more than one dictionary is assigned to a system, they are applied in the order they are listed.

To change the priority of dictionaries:

1. Edit the system.

2. Click and hold the Move dictionary icon and drag the dictionary to its proper order.

3. Click the Save button.

Assign Dictionaries to an Implementation

Translation dictionaries assigned to an implementation are used to translate columns in data quality reports. Multiple translation dictionaries can be added; dictionaries are applied based on the order they are listed.

Dictionaries assigned to the implementation supersede dictionaries assigned to the related system.

To assign translation dictionaries to an implementation:

1. Verify you’re in the Catalog module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.
   Or
   Select Catalog from the Home menu to navigate to the Catalog module of the Syniti Knowledge Platform.

2. Search for an existing implementation.

3. Click the More actions icon.

4. Select Edit.

5. Select a dictionary or multiple dictionaries from the Translation Dictionaries list box.

6. Use the Move dictionary icon to reorder, if needed. The order they are listed are the order in which they are applied to the system.

7. Click the Save button.

   Note

   To change the order of dictionaries inherited by the associated system, navigate to that system.

Change Priority of Dictionaries

If more than one dictionary is assigned to an implementation, they are applied in the order they are listed.

To change the priority of dictionaries:

1. Edit the implementation.

2. Click and hold the Move dictionary icon and drag the dictionary to its proper order.

3. Click the Save button.