The set of instructions below is an example
of how to build a concept:
- On the main page of the Pentaho Metadata Editor toolbar, click the Pencil icon top open the Concept Editor.
- With the Base concept selected in the Concepts list, click the Plus Sign to add concepts. Add a nested concept. Name this concept, Number.
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Make sure the Number concept is
selected in the Concepts list.
Note that the properties from Base have been inherited by Number.
- Add a Mask property to Number, with a value of $###,##0.00.
- With Number selected in the Concepts list, add another nested concept called ID.
- Select ID in the Concepts list, find the inherited Mask property (under Settings).
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Click the override icon and enter an override value of 0
(zero) for the mask.
Note: You now have three defined concepts that can be used anywhere in your business model. Each concept serves a different type of business object: Base for default, generic columns; Number for those columns you know contain numeric financial data; and, ID for ID columns.
- Click OK to save the concepts.