Importing Data Store Models from Metadata Excel Format
You may define a data store (data base, files, etc.) by first defining it in Metadata Excel Format, which is a data modeling format using Excel for the specification.
Once imported using that bridge, the resulting model may be treated just like any other data store model (e.g., an JDBC database model) and included in lineage, data cataloging, etc.
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Generally, you should consider this to be a method of last choice, and instead you should use the specific bridge for the technology type.
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The Metadata Excel Format has been used in the past to specify a data mapping. This feature is deprecated, and all such Excel spreadsheets should be converted to Data Mapping Script format.