Metadata Import and Export
- Easily select the applications with which you want to exchange metadata using a wizard-driven user interface
- Import source definitions into PowerCenter to aid development
- Export definitions out of PowerCenter to provide visibility into data transformation to other applications
- Expand metadata descriptions in PowerCenter Designer with descriptive metadata documented in other applications
- Supply data modeling and business intelligence tools with metadata descriptions documented in PowerCenter
Standards Compliance
- Adhere to the Common Warehouse Model (CWM) standard
Multibyte Metadata Support
- Handle internationalization scenarios out of the box
| CA ERwin |
BusinessObjects Designer |
ODBC Database Catalog Access |
| CA Cool Gen |
Cognos Series 7 Impromptu |
Common Warehouse Model (CWM) |
| ERwin Fusion Model Manager |
Cognos ReportNet |
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| Embarcadero ERStudio |
Hyperion EIS |
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| Grandite Silverrun-RDM |
IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Edition/OLAP acceleration (Cube Views) |
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| IBM Rational Data Architect (EII) |
MicroStrategy |
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| IBM Rational Rose |
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| Microsoft Office Visio Database |
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| Oracle Designer |
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| Oracle Warehouse Builder |
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| Select SE |
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| Sybase PowerDesigner |
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| Telelogic (Popkin) System Architect |
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