Using Reference Data

The already defined Reference Data can be used on both the Instance and Master Layer, but in different contexts.

You can use a dictionary for an attribute on the Instance layer (translation context) or use a dictionary on the Master layer (master-data-providing context). For more information, see Creating an Instance Layer Model and Creating a Master Data Layer Model respectively.

System Impact

This section lists and describes the significance and impact of using the reference data.

Load Operation

Reference data dictionary can generate a Lookup step into the plan. You can plug it into the existing data flow.

Transformation

Using the Cleansing plan:

Reference data dictionary can generate a Lookup step into the plan. You can plug it into an existing data flow and map the dic_ output to the appropriate std_ or cio_ value.
A dic_ attribute can be mapped to the appropriate std_ or cio_ value.

Native Services

Some of the WSDLs will be changed by using a master dictionary on the Master Layer (Traversal).