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The menus and commands available in HOPEX Information Architecture depend on the profile with which you are connected.
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HOPEX Information ArchitectureProfiles
In HOPEX Information Architecture, there are default user profiles with which specific rights and accesses are associated. The profiles available are:
• The Business information architect,
• The Data architect,
• The Database architect,
• The Database administrator,
• The IA functional administrator.
The Business information architect
The Business Information Architect is a representative of the enterprise business. He is responsible for structuring enterprise business information to facilitate its management and access. The business information architect is responsible for designing the enterprise vocabulary by modeling the information, their details and relationships as well as the different subject areas.
The Business information architect is responsible for execution of the following tasks:
• Identification of subject areas,
• Creation and definition of business information areas,
• Creation, definition and classification of concepts and concept types,
• terms creation,
• Creation of information architecture diagrams,
• Creation of concept views,
• Creation of reports facilitating information access
Data architect
The Data Architect is an Information System player with read and write access to the logical data of the company. The Data Architect is responsible for modeling all the logical data (classes, associations, attributes, etc.) as well as the data areas used to exploit this information in process or application mapping.
Responsible for execution of the following tasks:
• Definition of logical data,
• Creation of realizations connecting logical data to business concepts.
For more details on the activities of the Business Data Architect, see the
HOPEX Logical Data guide.
Database architect
The Database architect is responsible for designing databases. For each version of the target DBMS version, the database architect uses the logical data and produces the physical view via synchronization tools.
For more details on the activities of the Business Data Architect, see the
HOPEX Database Builder guide.
Database administrator
Database architects can connect to the desktop to consult the databases that are assigned to them and generate the corresponding SQL files.
For more details on the activities of the Business Database Administrator, see the
HOPEX Database Builder guide.
The IA functional administrator
The IA functional administration is responsible for managing all the product's administrative tasks. The IA Functional Administrator has rights to all objects.
• It manages user creation and their profile assignments.
• Prepares the work environment and creates elements required for information management.
• Can intervene in:
• subject areas,
• business information areas,
• concepts, concept types and concept views,
• information architecture diagrams,
• Reports,
• all repository components.
HOPEX Information ArchitectureBusiness Roles
In HOPEX Information Architecture, objects can be assigned to persons with the following roles:
• The Data Designer, who specifies the person responsible for the object design. For example, who is responsible for a given object (eg: subject area, package, data area, databases, etc.);
• The Data Scientist, who is responsible for bringing together the data designer (business and logical data) and the managers of the processes who use this data.
• The Database Administrator, who can be assigned to databases.