Populate the Catalog
Once the Data Catalog has been created it is now time to add defintions, details, descriptions, etc.
Data Catalog
In the navigation menu click Data Catalog
Select a Schema that you'd like to add helpful information to for your user community:
You can view the Tables/Entities within each Schema by clicking the arrow on the right. A list of the Tables/Entities within the Schema selected will expand below the Schema.
Click the Table/Entity that you want to start with.
A new screen will be presented with tiles that include Data Preview and README sections (pictured below on the left), as well as sections for Columns and Glossary Terms (pictured below on the right).
README Section
Click within the "Enter a description" text box in the README section to to enter a description of the Table/Entity. The description should be meangingful to an analyst type or to a developer to communicate the purpose of the table/entity and any potential unique notes about the table/entity. This description will be saved automatically, once you've clicked anywhere outside of the box on the page. You may also choose to click the blue Save button for peace of mind!
*Please understand that your description will not autosave if you click the back button without clicking somewhere else on the page outside of the description box first.
Columns Section
Enter a description or calcuation for each column by clicking on the blue pencil icon. The description should be meangingful to an analyst type or to an end user. Instead of placing this information in a spreadsheet or in a seperate tool, your Data Catalog is a core component to DataLakeHouse. After you've entered a description and click somewhere else on the page or the back within the platform, the description will be saved automatically.
*Your description will not save automatically if you click the back arrow on your browser before clicking somewhere else on the page first.
The more columns that are updated with helpful information, the more powerful your Data Catalog will be.
Glossary Terms
Add tags to make it easier to find this table in the Data Catalog. Enter a Term as individual value and click the plus (+) to add more Terms.
Attributes/Columns
At the top of the page is the option to further define Attributes/Columns within the Table/Entity.
For those that are deep in the technical details, each Term is added to the table as a tag within the Data Cloud. This makes searching across databases objects (schemas, tables, columns, etc) easier to locate. To be clear, the Data Catalog will not search for the term within a row of data in a table.
Here you are free to add even more meaningful details around purpose, source details, business logic and responsibility.
The README is the same info from the Table page, just duplicated for sanity purposes!
Glossary Terms
Add tags to make it easier to find this column within the Data Catalog. Enter a Term as an individual value and click the plus (+) to add more Terms.
For those that are deep in the technical details, each Term is added to the column as a tag within the Data Cloud. This makes searching across databases objects (schemas, tables, columns, etc) easier to locate. To be clear, the Data Catalog will not search for the term within a row of data in a table.
Classifications
Add tags to make it easier to find this table in the Data Catalog. Enter a Classification as an individual value and click the plus (+) to add more Classifications.
Next >>> Learn how to Access your Data Catalog to continue working on it or for future reference
