Customizing your data model (IBM Match 360 with Watson)

Customize your IBM Match 360 with Watson data model to match your organization's requirements by adding new record types, entity types, attributes, and fields.

When you onboard your first data asset, IBM Match 360 with Watson automatically generates the data model by using a combination of industry standard model attributes and embedded Watson technology. When you upload more data, the model intelligently adjusts itself to accommodate newly populated attributes and fields.

You can always customize the model to match your organization's requirements by adding new record types, entity types, attributes, and fields.

Tip: Ensure that you publish your data model after every time you make changes. If the changes are not published, they cannot be used by the matching algorithm or other IBM Match 360 operations.

Accessing the data model

To customize your IBM Match 360 with Watson data model:

  1. On the Data setup screen, click the Modeling tab.
  2. Review the current model's record types and attribute types.
  3. From here, you can:
    • View or edit existing record types or create new ones. See Customizing record types.
    • View, edit, or delete existing attributes or entity types or create new ones. You can add or remove fields in each attribute type to reflect your organization's data model requirements. See Customizing attributes or entity types.
    • Download the data model as a JSON file. Click Download data model.
  4. When you are done updating the data model, click the publish model icon publish data model icon in the toolbar in the header.

Customizing record types

By default, the data model includes definitions for Person and Organization record types. You can edit an existing record type to define new entity types or attribute types. You can also add new record types to your data model.

Deleting an attribute or entity type from a record type

To edit an existing record type by removing one of its entity types or attribute types:

  1. Go to the Modeling tab.
  2. In the navigation pane, select an existing record type to display its associated entity types and attribute types.
  3. Browse through the entity and attribute types that are associated with this record type. To find a specific attribute type, use the search function.
  4. From the record type view, click the entity or attribute type you want to remove from this record type.
  5. Click Delete attribute.

Adding a record type

To add a record type to your data model:

  1. In the navigation pane, click Add record type +.

  2. Define the name, label, and description of the new record type, then click Save.

    Tip: The name must use snake case, with no capital letters or spaces, such as example_record_type.

Adding an attribute or entity type to a record type

To add an attribute or entity type to a record type:

  1. Under Record types in the navigation pane, select the record type that you want to modify.
  2. In the edit pane, click Add attribute type + or Add entity type + to start creating and associating attributes and entity types with your new record type.
  3. Define the details of your new attribute type. Your new attribute can either be simple or complex. Complex attributes are made up of two or more simple values.
  4. Click Add to add the new attribute type to your new record type.

Remember: When you are done updating the data model, click the publish model icon publish data model icon in the toolbar in the header.

Customizing attribute types

To customize the fields that make up your attribute types:

  1. Go to the Modeling tab and click Attribute types.
  2. Browse the list of attribute types or use the search function to locate a specific type.
  3. Select an attribute type from the list to view it and its associated fields.

  4. To add a field to an attribute type:

    a. Click Add field +.

    b. Define the field label, field name, and description, then click Add field. The new field is added to the associated attribute type.

    Tip: The field name must use snake case, with no capital letters or spaces, such as example_field_name.

Remember: When you are done updating the data model, click the publish model icon publish data model icon in the toolbar at the top of the screen.

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Parent topic: Configuring master data