SAS® Business Data Network 3.1

User’s Guide

Enables you to use Business Data Network to manage descriptions of business terms, including their requirements and attributes, related source data and reference data, contacts, and relationships between terms and processes (such as Data Management Studio jobs, services, and business rules). Data stewards, IT staff, and enterprise architects can use the terms to promote a common vocabulary across projects and business units. Permissions can be set to allow only specific users to access or control the data in Business Data Network. Business Data Network also contains tools for administering the business data that it contains and supports a workflow for managing the data.