Why erwin for Metadata Management?
erwin’s metadata management solution, the erwin Data Intelligence Suite (erwin DI), combines data management and data governance processes in an automated flow. It’s unique in its ability to automatically harvest, transform and feed metadata from a wide array of data sources, operational processes, business applications and data models into a central data catalog and then make it accessible and understandable within the context of role-based views.
erwin DI builds on our diverse industry expertise and proven data modeling software, and it integrates with third-party data access rights management and security tools. For more than 30 years, we’ve worked with high-profile brands in financial services, healthcare, technology and critical infrastructure, as well as government agencies, to co-develop products they can rely on, adjusting our roadmap based on their input.
erwin DI sits on a common metamodel that is open, extensible and comes with a full set of APIs. A comprehensive list of erwin-owned standard data connectors are included for automated harvesting, refreshing and version-controlled metadata management. Optional erwin Smart Data Connectors reverse-engineer ETL code of all types and connect bi-directionally with reporting and other ecosystem tools. These connectors offer the fastest and most accurate path to data lineage, impact analysis and other detailed graphical relationships.
Additionally, erwin DI is part of the larger erwin EDGE platform that integrates data modeling, enterprise architecture, business process modeling, data cataloging and data literacy. We know our customers need an active metadata-driven approach to:
- Understand their business, technology and data architectures and the relationships between them
- Create an automate a curated enterprise data catalog, complete with physical assets, data models, data movement, data quality and on-demand lineage
- Activate their metadata to drive agile and well governed data preparation with integrated business glossaries and data dictionaries that provide business context for stakeholder data literacy