Data Catalog Entries

Each data catalog entry is a logical representation of a physical data source or data service.

Several types of entries exist:

Database operations provide access to specific data in a relational database.
Data services give your applications broader access to data from relational databases, files, and HTTP-based data sources such as a CGI scripts, servlets, or web services—and also perform transformations.
SQL views each represent a data service, a database operation, or a table in a relational database. Like tables, SQL views respond to SQL queries.
View generators convert provisioned or transformed data into a formatted output file in the data catalog.
Database connectors enable database operations, SQL views, and ad-hoc queries to connect to external databases.
File entries are links to files that exist somewhere on a file server—these can be data files, XML documents, XSLT style sheets used for data processing, and so on.
Data Federation shares are directories shared from a file server into the data catalog. All files in the data catalog reside in Data Federation shares.

Data Catalog Directory Structure
When you create a Sybase Data Federation domain, the system sets up the core directory structure of the data catalog. This topic describes the core structure and its intended use. Members of the Administrators group can create additional top-level directories.

Parent topic: Data Catalog