References → Data Catalog Asset Enrichment
Data Catalog provides features that enable users to enrich and manage metadata for data assets, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and governance. Key functionalities include documentation management, metadata drafts, ownership assignment, and certification, all designed to maintain high-quality and trustworthy data.
Documentation
The Documentation tab is available for all assets. It provides a rich-text editor that allows users to create or maintain descriptive content with formatting options such as bold, italic, bullet points, numbered lists, and more. Users can enter new descriptions, update existing content, and add details to highlight the asset’s purpose, structure, and usage. After making updates, select Save to submit the changes.
- Any documentation update made by a Data Catalog User with Edit access requires approval from the Data Governor (asset owner) before it becomes visible to other users.
- The corresponding change request can be tracked in Requests.
Metadata draft mode
The metadata draft mode ensures data accuracy and governance by a controlled review process for saving metadata edits as drafts, including domains, terms, and documentation.
Users can edit or delete their drafts and track their submission status—Pending, Accepted, Canceled, or Rejected—through clear notifications. Drafts are visible only to the Data Catalog Users and Data Governor, ensuring secure collaboration during the review process. Refer to Submit and Track Requests for more information.
The approval workflow, including metadraft mode, is available starting 2026.3.0.
Ownership
In the Data Catalog, owners can be assigned to assets either in the Create/Edit Domain dialog or via the Information panel. These assigned owners primarily help manage metadata within the Data Catalog.
The Data Governor is responsible for approving critical actions, including access requests and change requests. When a Data Catalog User submits a request to gain access to an asset or to update its metadata, such as domains, glossary terms, or documentation, the request is submitted to the Data Governor for review and approval. This distinction ensures that the management of metadata and the governance of the asset itself are clearly separated, maintaining both data integrity and accountability.
Certification
Certification in the Data Catalog enables designated users with the Data Governor role to mark assets as trusted. Once certified, an asset displays a certification badge (🏅) in list views and on its detail page, signaling to all users that the asset has been reviewed and validated.
Certification can be applied directly within the Data Catalog via the Information panel or within the asset’s respective interface, such as Tables in the Table Editor, or Business Schemas and Views in the Business Schema Designer. The certification status of any asset is visible in its Information panel, and users can filter for certified assets in the Explore section to quickly locate trusted data.