Manage your data assets

A data asset can be enriched with the following information:

• Technical name: the technical name is populated automatically. It is not possible to edit this field.

• Business name : the name of the data asset will be displayed in most of the screens. For a better user experience, it's important choose an explicite nam that is self-explanatory and not too long. The maximum number of characters for the name is 100,

• Description: You can provide a very detailed description of the data asset, this text box is limited to 8000 characters.

• Privacy level : You can define a privacy level for each attribute. Please visit the Privacy levels page for more information on how to use it and customize it.

• Related concepts

• Stakeholders: one stakeholder can be specified for an application.

  • A subject matter expert is the person that has extensive functional knowledge and expertise on the topic.

• Type of data assets: Defines the nature of the asset catalogued, It can be a table, a view, a json file, an image, etc. Please visit the "Asset types" page for more information.

• Server name: The name of the server hosting the data asset.

• Database name: The name of the database hosting the data asset.

• Schema name: The name of the schema hosting the data asset.

• Status: Four types of status are available:

  • Active: the data asset is currently in use.

  • Draft: the data asset is visible in sidecar but indicates to the users that the information associated is currently being reviewed or worked on.

  • Deprecated: the data asset is visible in sidecar but indicates to the users that this application and all its data assets & attributes are not used any longer in the institution.

  • Hidden : the data asset is not visible by business users

Create a data asset

Data assets can be added only through the "Data asset discovery" capabilities. It is not possible to create a data asset manually.

Please visit the Data asset discovery page to learn more about identifying new data assets.

Modify a data asset

When an application is modified it will not impact the data assets or attributes associated, the links will remain.

Delete a data asset

If a data asset is no longer relevant, you can always delete it.

In the data asset detail view, simply click on the delete icon (garbage).

Restore a data asset

If you need to restore a deleted data asset, please contact your sidecar administrator.

See the following section for the detailled procedure : Restore procedure