Columns

You can browse through the columns available in your ecosystem using the Discover Assets module. The list of columns facilitates access to column lineage, impact, mind map, column properties, and associations, all in one place.

To view the columns list, on the Discover Assets dashboard, under Browse by Asset Repository, click the Columns card.

A list of columns appears. Use the search box to find the required column from the list.

Alternately, on the search box, click All, and then click Columns.

On each column tile, you can view information, such as business purpose, classification, tags, status, rating, and favorites. Apart from this, you can corresponding add tasks, and view mind maps, lineage, and impact.

Details

Details include logical name, list of technical properties, audit history, and so on.

To view details, on the column list, click <Column_Name>.

The Column page appears. By default, the details tab opens.

For example, the following image shows details of the Claim Count column. This column's sensitivity is PII, DQ score is 10%, and it is tagged with Production Environment.

Related Assets

A column can be associated with other technical and business assets.

To view associations of columns, click the Related Assets tab.

The list of associated assets appears.

For example, in the following image, the Claim Count column is associated with a business term and a business policy.

Additional Information

Additional information includes user defined fields configured for a column. Ensure that these fields are displayed for columns under the Properties tab in Metadata Manager. For more information on displaying user defined fields, refer to the Displaying User Defined Fields topic.

With Language Settings, you can set UI labels of user defined fields. Use Column Metadata section under User Defined Flex Fields to configure these UI labels. For more information, refer to the Configuring Language Settings topic.

Rich Media Library

A column can contain supporting artifacts, such as text files, audio files, video files, and so on. You can view or download these artifacts using the Rich Media Library tab.

To view or download supporting artifacts, click the Rich Media Library tab.

The available artifacts appear in a card view.

Use the following options to work on the artifacts:

    Search

    Use this option to search media.

    Name

    Use this option to filter your search based on Owner Name, Description, Created By, and Type of the media.

    Link ()

    Use this option on a card to open the URL related with a media.

    Preview ()

    Use this option on a card to download the media file.

Apart from details, related assets, and media, you can view mind maps, lineage, and impact. You can also add tasks and update columns. Use the following options:

  • Mindmap: Use this option to view a pictorial representation of associated assets. For more information on viewing mind maps, refer to the Viewing Mind Maps topic.
  • Lineage: Use this option to trace column's origin and destination after source to target mappings. For more information on lineage, refer to the Viewing Lineage topic.
  • Impact: Use this option to analyze the impact of a column as source and target. For more information on impact, refer to the Viewing Impact topic.
  • Add Task: Use this option to add tasks related to a column. For more information on adding tasks, refer to the Adding Tasks topic.
  • Update: Use this option to update column details. This opens the Metadata Manager.