D-QUΛNTUM V5

Best of all, D-QUANTUM remains your intuitively operable metadata management tool and is now even faster. Less memory requirements, shorter loading times and even more ease of use define the V5. This is reflected at first glance in the newly designed sidebar and navigation structure. The centrepiece is the data overview. Here you can switch between the visually separated public and draft sections of your data catalog with just one click. Benefit from the revised colour concept, which can be individually configured and is applied throughout the entire software. Personal favourites and individual quick links round off the new page navigation and make your work more efficient. Speaking of data inventory…

Manual data creation in the draft section of the Business Glossary is now even easier. You would like to create a new business data record? One click is enough and you will be guided through our modernised input mask. If you wish, you can be provided with the most important information about the required entries. Deviations from the existing publication or incorrect entries are displayed directly and can be corrected easily. While saving a draft, you can clone it directly or create further data records afterwards. The complete data input can also be done barrier-free from version 5 onwards, use only the keyboard to navigate through all input fields. When configuring new entity types, you can choose from a wide range of functional data types, such as RTE fields, date pickers or various select variants. Especially worth mentioning – from now on you can upload attachments directly to the data record, with the possibility of configuring a wide range of specifications regarding file size, format and quantity.

As of  V5.1.0.

The connection to external data sources is even more user-friendly in the new D-QUANTUM Data Catalog. In the freshly polished Connect Server and Connect Studio App user interface, you select the desired connector from the overview, can individually configure the automated update intervals and easily connect your database. Your technical metadata is always up to date and can even be enriched later with information. New: from now on you can connect SAP BW data and visualise and analyse the data lineage.

Another V5 highlight: D-QUANTUM receives a new content management system. This brings plenty of advantages, among others a completely new CMS editor. The functionalities known from previous releases have of course been integrated and additionally extended with clever widgets. Now you can easily create, style and upload buttons, tiles and images on CMS pages. Build descriptive reports, clear dashboards and enrich your data catalog with overview pages and informative content. Of course, the permissions of all content and pages can be restricted on a role- and user-specific basis. Click on the lock icon and you have full control over who is allowed to read or edit content. Important information for our existing customers: of course, existing CMS pages including attachments from D-QUANTUM V4 will be migrated and made available in V5.

The content available in D-QUANTUM, whether metadata, CMS pages or the user directory, can now be managed independently. Version 5 comes to the customer with a new administration interface. The administration home page offers all important information on resources, data inventory and system information at a glance. The most important functions are user management, configuration of the new page navigation and the technical basic functions. Keep track of a wide range of automated jobs, import and export your databases and configurations, or extend and renew your licences if necessary. With the new administration interface you will not lose the overview. By the way: the old page generator is being omitted – a milestone!

The new user management is particularly noteworthy. Centrally located in the administration area, you can create new users or manage existing ones, distribute pre-configured roles or assign individual privileges. From V5 onwards, users can simply register themselves, the anonymous user is omitted and replaced by a role authorisation determined by you. Keyword roles and privileges: Another major innovation in V5 is this role/privilege model. Users are given roles and these in turn are provided with licensed privileges. This gives you full control over the permissions in your data catalog and allows for entity-specific configuration of users, for example. This makes working with D-QUANTUM more efficient, clearer and less error-prone.