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Value Details View

The Value Details view provides information about all attributes found within a category / data profile. As described below, this view provides users with multiple ways to display attribute data, including tables, bar graphs, and lists.

Accessing and Navigating Value Details View

  1. In the Tree, select the relevant object hierarchy or object.
  2. On the Category Profile / Data Profile tab, click Generate Profile or Update Profile, and then select Value Details.

The Value Details page is divided into two areas, though at first only the upper area displays. The upper area lists all the attributes that are valid for the objects in the data profile. When selecting a row, detailed information about the selected attribute appears in the lower area.

  1. From the Type list, select a single object type or all object types. The number in parenthesis after the object type name shows how many instances of each object type are in the profile.
  2. The user may filter their results so that only those attributes that belong to the specified attribute group will appear on the list. This can be done by entering the name of the specific attribute group into the Attribute Group field. Alternatively, you may also click the ellipsis button () and select the attribute group from the list that appears.

Note: Valid attributes are attributes that are valid on the object types used in the data profile. This includes specification attributes that are linked into the hierarchy in or above the profiled nodes. Specification attributes that are only made valid through the classification hierarchy are not profiled. Attributes and values on references and links, as well as orphan attributes and values, are not profiled.

For information on the tabs in the lower area of this view, see the Value Details Tabs section of the Data Profiling documentation here.

Profiling Entities with Data Containers

When profiling entities, it is possible to filter the attribute values based on Data Container types.

Maximum Distinct Values

It is possible for an attribute to have too many values to display. In these cases, the applicable rows will turn red and a message will appear in the Attribute Overview section.

By default, the system limits the amount of values the functionality will consider to 100. This limit can be changed by changing these properties via the sharedconfig.properties file:

Additionally, altering this property changes the maximum number of different reference targets that will be considered:

Attribute Table Details

The following list details the columns found in the attribute list table. All columns can be filtered and sorted.

Column

Description

Attribute

Displays the name of the attribute. When clicking the name, the attribute definition in System Setup appears.

Column 2

Shows the Attribute Validation Base Type icon.

Completeness

Shows the degree to which the attribute is populated in the profile rounded to the nearest whole percent. Inherited values are included in the calculation.

Count

Lists the number of objects in the profile where the attribute has a value (including inherited values) and the number of objects where the attribute could possibly have a value.

Frequent Values

Displays a comma-separated list of the most frequently appearing values for the attribute in the profile. The list is sorted in ascending order based on the frequency of that value's appearance. The list includes inherited values. Tags are stripped.

Rare Values

Comma-separated list of the least frequently appearing values for the Attribute in the profile. The list is sorted descending on frequency. Includes inherited values. Tags are stripped.

Used Units

Displays which units are used for the attribute.

Contains the following information:

  • List of units used in values for attributes in the profile.
  • "Units not supported" - This text is displayed for attributes of a validation base type that does not support units.
  • "No valid units" - This text is displayed for attributes of a validation base type that supports units but where no units are configured.
  • "No units used" - This text is displayed for attributes of a validation base type that supports units but where no attribute values in the profile have a unit.

Value Range

Shows the value range for attributes with the validation base type "Integer" or "Number." If units that share the same base validation are used, the value ranges are shown with Units. For example: 123 cm - 2 m."

Frequent Patterns

Displays the most frequent patterns of the values of a given attribute in addition to the number values that match the pattern. More information can be found in the Value Details Tabs section of the Data Profiling documentation here.

Rare Patterns

Displays the most uncommon patterns of the values of a given attribute in addition to the number values that match the pattern. More information can be found in the Value Details Tabs section of the Data Profiling documentation here.

 

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