Reference Data

Reference data is data used to classify or categorize other data. Typically, they are static or slowly changing over time, for example, units of measurement and country codes.

The Reference Data application aims at a systematic approach to manage reference data, including code sets and code values. For example, you can define relations between Code Set assets and Column assets for which they are the allowed values, or between Code Value assets and the Business Assets that they represent. Additionally, you can define complex mappings between them in order to enable crosswalks from one information system to another, taking into account the differences in the code sets through time.

With all the reference data gathered in a single place, you can build an organization-wide understanding of how your data is organized, classified, and collected.