Adding Terms and Linked Assets
This documents helps you to understand the importance of linking assets and steps how you can link assets to the terms.
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This documents helps you to understand the importance of linking assets and steps how you can link assets to the terms.
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Users can link tables and columns from the data catalog directly to glossary terms. This feature allows users to quickly identify which tables contain the data needed for specific metrics. Additionally, any open incidents related to these linked tables are displayed alongside, alerting users to potential issues. This ensures informed decision-making and data integrity when using these assets.
Step 1: You will need a Term first to add links to assets.
Navigate to the Catalog → Glossary page.
Step 2: Click on Add Term.
You can add term under Glossary and Category.
Step 3: Fill in the name and description to add a term. A reviewer/approver will need to be selected at the bottom (or it is marked as approved instantly).
Step 4: Once term is added, you can click on the created term.
Step 5: In the Term, click on the tab Linked Assets. Click on Make Changes and a banner will appear under Glossary tab.
Step 6: Search and add the Asset/Data Product/Data Asset to be linked. You can filter the list by asset types and sources.
Step 7: Once the Asset/Data Product/Data Asset has been selected, click on Link these assets
Step 8: next, the selected Asset/Data Product/Data Asset will be displayed under Linked Assets subtab.
Step 9: Before completing the process of adding linked assets, you will need to submit the request for changes by selecting a reviewer/approver or Mark as approved immediately
Once the request is approved, the linked assets will show up in the Linked Assets tab in the Term
Step 1: Navigate to Linked Assets subtab under any glossary.
Step 2: Click on Make Changes.
Step 3: Click Request changes and a banner will appear under Glossary tab and click Edit linked assets.
Step 4: Edit Linked Assets form will be displayed.
Step 5: Click the bin icon 🗑️ and a Remove text in red will appear. Click Link these assets to proceed with the approval flow.
Step 6: The selected assets to be deleted will be displayed as Remove.
Step 7: Click on Request changes and a modal form will be opened.
Step 8: Submit the request by selecting a reviewer, or mark it as Approved immediately and click Confirm and request changes.
The linked asset has now been deleted.
Glossary
Step 1: Select any glossary and click on the ellipsis (⋮).
Step 2: Click Delete, and a pop-up will be displayed.
Step 3: Type DELETE to confirm the deletion and click Delete this glossary. The asset will be successfully deleted.
Step 1: Click any glossary and select a category under it. Click on the ellipsis (⋮) of the category.
Step 2: Click Delete, and a pop-up will be displayed.
Step 3: Type DELETE to confirm the deletion and click Delete this category. The asset will be successfully deleted.
Step 1: Click a term under any glossary or category. Click on the ellipsis (⋮) of the category.
Step 2: Click Delete, and a pop-up will be displayed.
Step 3: Type DELETE to confirm the deletion and click Delete this term. The asset will be successfully deleted.
The Linked Terms feature in the Asset Overview is available for Dataset, Schema, and Source assets. It displays the count of terms linked to a specific Asset, Table, or Column. The list of linked terms is clickable, allowing users to view more details about each term.
You have the option to move a term to a glossary or category. To do so, please refer to the document.
