Attributes
The Attributes page gives users an overview of all databases' available attributes, allowing to easily manage data assets on an attribute level.
The Attributes view can be accessed on the Catalog page under the Attributes tab.
For every attribute you can see its:
Quality - calculated based on test cases and profilings
Connection - to which connection does the attribute belong to
Schema - to which schema under the connection does the attribute belong to
Object - the object's name under which the attribute belongs to
Attribute - attribute name
Type - the datatype of the attribute
Description - custom free text field to describe the attribute
Empty values - based on profilings
Existing values - based on profilings
Unique values - based on profilings
Terms - associated Terms
Database comment - technical comment from database metadata
Primary key - whether the attribute is a primary key
Nullable - whether the attribute is nullable
Default value - the default value from database metadata
Custom fields - every custom field enabled for the entity type
Attribute
Sorting and filtering results
Some fields in this view can be sorted and/or filtered from the table headers.
Searching for attributes
On top of the sorting and filtering, the user can apply a general search that will match results by the Object, Attribute, Description, Database comment, Default value and Custom fields.
Quick actions from a single result
From every row in the results, the user can:
Navigate to the object in the catalog objects view via a button after the Object
Open the attribute's lineage via a button after the Attribute. If the button is green, then this indicates that this attribute is already part of a lineage definition
Attribute's detailed view
Clicking on a row in the results will open that attribute's detailed view. From there the user can:
Navigate to the test cases associated with this attribute
Navigate to the profilings associated with this attribute
View the Relations count - the number of lineage relations this attribute is part of, with a direct link to the attribute's Lineage view
Edit the Description - custom free text field to describe the attribute
Edit the Related terms - label the attribute with a term from Glossary
Edit the attribute's Custom field values.
When selecting a related term, users can also filter the listed terms by type via the filter button on the right of the terms box when the options are open.
When selecting a related term, users can create a new term through the plus icon in the opened terms box.
