Data Responsibility in HOPEX IT Portfolio Management
Business Roles Associated with Data
Data created in HOPEX IT Portfolio Management has a Data Owner and a Data Designer; by default the Data Designer is also the Data Owner.

The Data Designer is the person responsible for designing an object (such as a package, data domain, database, etc.).

The Data Owner is the authority that decides on access to and use of the data. The owner of the data may be the designer of the data, one of its users or a third party. Data stewards can ask data owners to check or complete the value of a field, for example to correct a data quality defect.
Other business roles can be explicitly assigned to the data.
The data on which you can designate responsible persons are:
• Business dictionaries
• Concept domains
• Concepts
• Data dictionaries
• Classes
Defining Who is Responsible for a Data Item
To define responsibilities for a data item:
1. Select the data concerned and click the
Properties 
button in the edit area.
2. In the properties, select the Characteristics page and the Characteristics sub-page.
3. Under the Responsibilities section, click New.

Only assignable objects have a Responsibility section.
4. Indicate the name of the person and the business role.
5. Click OK.