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Critical Data Element Registry

A CDE register marks attributes that break risk, finance, or compliance when wrong—and attaches ownership and controls.

Why this is needed

  • Broad catalogs are too noisy; CDEs need a sharp operating list.
  • Anomaly jobs should focus on high-impact fields.
  • Ownership of IBAN/VAT/price must be explicit.

Proposed entities in EntiHub

Governance settings

Setting Recommended value Why
approvalRequired true CDE list is a governance artifact.
historyEnabled true Track ownership changes over time.
allowSameAuthorApproval false Maker/checker separation for sensitive changes.
deletedRetentionDays 90 (or higher) Soft-delete retention for auditability.

Entity definition (YAML sketch)

name: critical_data_element
displayName: Critical data element
domain: Data Governance
description: Critical data element
version: "1.0.0"
approvalRequired: true
historyEnabled: true
deletedRetentionDays: 90
displayRefColumn: element_code
uniqueConstraints:
  - name: uq_critical_data_element_element_code
    columns: [element_code]
columns:
  - name: element_code
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 64
  - name: entity_name
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 64
  - name: column_name
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 64
  - name: owner_team
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 128
  - name: classification
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 32
  - name: validation_summary
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 512
  - name: monitoring_sla_hours
    dataType: int
    nullable: false
  - name: status
    dataType: string
    nullable: false
    maxLength: 16

YAML sketches

Sketches highlight the important fields and governance flags. Trim or extend columns to match your domain. See Setup Entity for the full YAML reference.

Sample data

element_code entity_name column_name owner_team classification validation_summary monitoring_sla_hours status
CDE-SUP-IBAN supplier iban Treasury critical IBAN checksum + country 4 active
CDE-SUP-VAT supplier vat_id Tax critical Country VAT pattern 8 active

Benefits for the company

  • Focuses quality effort where it hurts.
  • Feeds anomaly and alerting configuration.
  • Clear owners for incident response.