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Create a Project from a data product

Before creating a Project, please verify that the following prerequisites are met.

The Metadata Repository will store your Project data (Model Objects, Terms, Discoveries...).

The PAT is required to authenticate and securely connect to your repository.

It will be used in a Connection.

Create a project from a data product

To create a new Project, click the Create biGENIUS-X projects button on the data product overview page.

The Create new project side panel window is opened. It contains 3 steps:

Step 1: Create Project

Enter the following information:
  1. Solution: select the target Solution for the Project
  2. Name: enter the Project's name
    1. A project using a Spark Generator should not have spaces in its name.
  3. Description: Enter a description for the Project
  4. Generator Configuration: select the generator you wish to use for this Project
    1. Depending on the Configurations included in your license plan, the list of Generator Configuration may vary
    2. Example for Generator Configurations related to Microsoft Fabric:
  5. Generator Version: specify the version of the generator to use for this Project
  6. Metadata repository: enter the HTTPS URL of the repository you prepared earlier. 
    1. This repository should not contain a project.yml file, model objects, or discoveries folders in its main branch.
    2. It will contain all metadata related to your project
  7. Connect to repository: choose one of the Connections you prepared earlier.

You need 1 Metadata repository per project. It is not possible to have multiple projects in the same repository.

    Click the NEXT button.

    Step 2: Add Data Connections

    Here are listed the Data Marketplace Source systems connected to the data product.

    You can select one or several Source Systems.

    Step 3: Add Source

    Select the Source Model  Object from the Source system you want to add to your Project.

    Click on the NEXT button.

     

    The new Project appears in the biGENIUS-X modelling projects section of the data product:



    A notification confirms that the creation was done correctly.

    The Project's default structure is created within the metadata repository.

    See Understand the Project Metadata Repository content.

    Into the Project itself:

    • The Data Connection is already set up:
    • The Source Model Objects can be added to a Data Modeling View:

    Demonstration video