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Enrichment

During an import, you can merge supplementary Human Resources (HR) or additional resource data with the existing users or resources databases. In a deep use case, you can also add supplementary role data during import.

For every field in the database that has a matching field in the enrichment file, CA GovernanceMinder updates the record in the database according to the enrichment setting in the file. This feature allows you to add data that does not exist in the endpoint that may be useful during certification. Also, extra data may be required for correlation in some cases.

A supplementary enrichment file must be in CSV file format.

When performing enrichment, select the attribute in both the database and the enrichment file that you want to use to match records. You can specify this match to be case-sensitive.

Note: An enrichment file record can match multiple database records, for example, matching the department field in the users database updates all the users in the same department.

The following options are available when performing enrichment during an import:

(Users and Resources only) Update fields that are different from enrichment file

Select this option to change the fields in the database if they differ from the enrichment file. Clear the option to keep the data in the database and add any deltas from the enrichment file.

Clear Fields that are empty in the enrichment file

Select this option to delete data for a field if the corresponding entry in the enrichment file is blank. Clear the option to disregard empty fields in the enrichment file and keep the existing content in the database.