Training offering

IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog v11.5.0.2: Building the Catalog

Overview

In this course students learn how the Information Governance Catalog is used to govern information assets through the development of a governance catalog of categories and terms. This catalog documents information assets and governance policies and rules that implement the high-level strategy and objectives of a governance program.

Public

This is a basic course for those who will be using the Information Governance Catalog to develop and implement their information governance strategy.

Prerequisits

Those taking this course should have basic knowledge of the Windows operating system. Familiarity with Information Server products is desirable but not required

Objective

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.

GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course. Go to the EViTA site to start this process:

http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf

Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:

• The current GTP list price
• The 20% discounted price available to IBMers. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class.

Topics

1. Introduction to the Information Governance Catalog
• Describe information governance
• Describe how the Information Governance Catalog supports information governance
• Describe the IBM Information Server environment that Information Governance Catalog is a part of
• Describe the governance role of the Information Governance Catalog within Information Server

2.  Building a Business Glossary
• Describe categories and terms
• Describe the category hierarchy
• Describe the kind of information in categories and terms
• Describe how to create categories and terms

3.  Governance Policies and Rules
• Describe policies and rules
• Describe the rules hierarchy
• Describe the kind of information in policies and rules
• Describe how to create policies and rules

4. Catalog Workflow
• Describe Information Governance Catalog security roles
• Describe Catalog workflow
• Create a new category and mark it for review
• Review a category
• Edit the category based on the reviewer’s feedback
• Approve a category
• Publish the Catalog
• IBM InfoSphere Stewardship Center

5. Catalog Management
• Restrict access to Catalog content
• Create labels
• Manage stewards
• Create custom attributes
• Import and export a business glossary

6.  IBM Glossary Anywhere
• Configure IBM Glossary Anywhere
• Search for governance assets using IBM Glossary Anywhere
• Use text capture to search for governance assets

7.  Information Governance Dashboard (optional)
• Explore the Information Governance Dashboard
• Drilling down in the Cognos charts