Why this matters
An asset page lists columns. The tags, glossary terms and owners attached to it tell you what the data means and who to ask about it. This module covers reading those connections.
Before you start
A tag links every asset that carries it
Seeing that a column is tagged sensitive is useful. Clicking the tag and finding the other 176 objects that carry it is what makes classification navigable. Tags connect assets to each other, which means you can move from one asset to every asset that shares a property.
Glossary terms connect business language to physical assets
A term like Customer Lifetime Value exists in the business vocabulary. Opening it shows every asset that implements it, along with its owners, domain and reviewers. That link, between what the business calls something and where it physically lives, is the point of a glossary term.
Owners and reviewers tell you who to ask
Owners, domain and reviewers answer the question you will have next: who do I ask. Treat an asset with no owner as carrying more risk than one with an owner you have never met, because there is nobody accountable when it drifts.
The interactive demo
Work through the demo below. It runs in your browser with nothing to install. Watch for:
- Reading an asset page to understand what a table is
- Seeing how sensitive data is tagged, and clicking into the tag
- Finding that 176 objects share the sensitive tag, and browsing them
- The same relationships applying to glossary terms as well as tags
- Reviewing data classifications that support governance and compliance
- Opening the glossary term Customer Lifetime Value to see its related assets
- Seeing glossary terms, owners, domain and reviewers on a single view
This demo plays on its own and moves between steps on a timer, so there is no button to start it and nothing to click through. Reload the page to watch it again.
After this module you should be able to
- Navigate from a tag or glossary term to every asset connected to it
- Use a glossary term to get from business language to a physical table
- Identify who owns and who reviews an asset, and say why that matters