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Related guide: Kimball bus matrix.

A business process catalog is EDW metadata that lists:

  • Domains (the Business field on a fact)

  • Level 1 / 2 / 3 process names, each with an optional parent and description

Facts on a .hdm canvas pick these values on the General tab. The bus matrix groups rows by that taxonomy.

Fields

Field Purpose

Name

Metadata name (for example retail-bus). A resource definition group can point at this catalog.

Description

Optional.

Domains tab

Business domains (Retail, Finance, …).

Level 1 / 2 / 3 tabs

Process levels. Parent is a combo of names from the previous level (domain for L1, L1 for L2, L2 for L3). You can still type a value.

Retail catalog retail-bus:

Business process catalog retail-bus — Domains tab with Retail
Business process catalog retail-bus — Level 1 tab with Sales and Inventory under Retail
Business process catalog retail-bus — Level 2 tab with Order management and Stock
Business process catalog retail-bus — Level 3 tab with Orders