Both real and dynamic entities are designed for certain types of profiling and cleansing activities in Trillium. Review this topic to know more about them and determine which entity type is right for your needs.
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Feature |
Real Entity |
Dynamic Entity |
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Data loaded into repository |
Yes | No |
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Data stored externally |
No | Yes |
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Drill down to and filter on data rows |
Yes | Yes - only if data source is not deleted. |
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Edit entity |
Yes | Yes |
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Edit attributes |
Yes | Yes |
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Key analysis |
Yes | No |
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Dependency analysis |
Yes | No |
| Join analysis |
Yes |
No |
| Inputs to join project | Yes | No |
| Edit business rule analysis | Yes | Yes |
| Entity business rule advanced options (filter by, group by, aggregate by) | Yes | No |
| Attribute business rule analysis | Yes | No |
| Navigation View |
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| Project and Icon View |
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| Row ID attribute generated by default | Yes | Yes |
| Mask and value table recodes | Yes | Yes |
| Input to Quality projects | Yes | Yes |
| Bookmark support | Full | Limited |
| Note support | Full | Limited |
| Schema support during creation | Yes | No |
| Load data/load data with options | No | Yes |
| Derived metadata | Yes | No |