Recording physical data types
Physical data refers to tangible sources of data such as hard drives, data warehouses and similar. Data type metadata items can be attached as physical data types to distributions via their item editor.
Prerequisites
Before being attached to a distribution, a physical data type must be created as a representative data type metadata item. See here for instructions for creating a data type.
How to record physical data types
Navigate to the desired distribution, and select 'Open item editor' from its 'Actions' dropdown.
Select the 'Components' tab.
Navigate to the 'Data Element Path' section, and select either of the following:
An existing data element path
'Add' to create a new data element path.
Select a data type from the 'Physical Data Type' dropdown.
Complete any other configurations as required, then select 'Save changes' when satisfied. The physical data type will appear in a 'Physical Data Type' column on the relevant distribution's item page.
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