After mapping to the data model, what is the next configuration step?

• A. Create an inventory of all data streams
• B. Assess how data should be normalized
• C. Map to the data model
• D. Configure the DMO relationships on the data model

Answer: (D)

After you’ve mapped to the data model, the next configuration step is to define how the Data Management Objects (DMOs) relate to one another on that model. Configuring DMO relationships establishes the structural links between datasets—think foreign-key-like references, containment, and inferred navigability. This is essential because it enforces referential integrity and enables accurate joins, lineage, and governance across the data landscape as you move toward loading and querying data.

Creating an inventory of all data streams is typically done earlier in discovery and ingestion planning, not as the immediate next step after mapping. Assessing how data should be normalized is part of modeling decisions made during design; by the time you’ve mapped the data to the model, the normalization approach should already be encoded, so the next actionable task isn’t re-evaluating normalization. Repeating the mapping step would be redundant once the model is in place.