FAQs about Information Steward 4.2

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I have two questions on the Information Steward tool

1. Does it Store Data as in Master Data for reporting?
2. Does the tool provide the ability to send the data back to the source in order to correct it?

Thank in advance,

Cheers,

Rabie

[adrian_storen · Accepted solution]

Rabie,

Responses to your questions:

1.  Metadata will source data from various systems for lineage and impact analysis.  If you bring in ETL processes you might be able to use the stitching to find where data comes from and goes to.  You'd have to look at alternatives for master data (eg SAP MDG).  MDG allows Data Insight rules to be embedded.

2.  Partially.  You can export DQ rules from Data Insight and embed into Data Services workflows, but then you'd need to define the business rules to embed into the ETL to fix or have some workflow that sends data (email or to a database) around that could somehow be picked up and loaded back into the appropriate source(s).  If you want to fix back in the source, we've looked at the IS Solution Extension called "Information Steward Accelerator".  It's sold through SAP and from the vendor (BackOffice Associates).  The demo suggests this is possible but we've not implemented.

regards

Adrian

[former_member187605 · Accepted solution]

The demo suggests this is possible but we've not implemented.

The IS Accelerator gives you predefined content (rules) for a couple of master data domains only. The only viable solution for sending data back to the source (and federating into other data stores) is with MDG.

[adrian_storen · Accepted solution]

Dirk,

I'm not familiar with MDG to know how DQ exceptions could be corrected back in the source.

The IS Accelerator sales guys claim it can enable corrections back into the source as identified by IS (DI), even when the DI connection is different to the sources and showed how exceptions can be exported to Excel and imported back in before scheduling the rectification.

My point?  MDG may not be the only tool considered if the requirement is purely data corrections.  We looked at IS Accelerator as IS does not manage the workflows to assign and prioritise once exceptions are identified through rules.  See idea D28035.  This should be standard IS functionality so users do not have to move around different tools to manage the DQ process.

I've also seen a demo of Agile Data Prep (being sold as IS if you want HANA) that allows corrections of data in data sets brought it, but does not appear to fix back in the source.

regards

Adrian

[former_member187605 · Accepted solution]

It's just that I refuse to condider Excel as an integration tool of any nature whatsoever.

ADP may provide a solution. But it's playing in a totally different league, as running with HANA only.

[Former Member]

Hi Dirk/Adrian,

Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation

I have a question on the Information Steward tool it self:

Problem Description:

Information Steward 4.2: Perform Task Profiling

When defining profiling task in information Steward we receive the below error message.

unable to access the web server. (cui-10001)

Solution according SAP (already tried without success)

1989793 - ERROR: Unable to access web server when running a configuration - Match Review 4.2

Resolution

To resolve the error unzip the attached web.zip file to extract the web.xml file and perform the following steps:

1. Stop Tomcat
2. Go to <TOMCAT>\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.ICCExplorer\web\WEB-INF folder
3. Make a backup of web.xml (rename the file as web.xml.orig)
4. Copy the new web.xml file (that was extracted from the attached zip file) to <TOMCAT>\webapps\BOE\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\webpath.ICCExplorer\web\WEB-INF
5. Delete <TOMCAT>\work\catalina\localhost\BOE folder
6. Start Tomcat
7. Allow Tomcat to completely start and recreate the BOE folder deleted in step 5

I have tried the above steps. However the error message still persist

Any solution?

Thansk

Rabie