Updated on 2022-09-23 GMT+08:00

Tags

Tags are keywords used to identify the business meaning of data. They help you classify and describe assets for easy search.

Tags can be defined and associated with technical assets for better asset management. For example, you can tag a table as the SDI source data layer or DWI data integration layer.

Managing a Tag

  1. On the DataArts Studio console, locate an instance and click Access. On the displayed page, locate a workspace and click DataArts Catalog.
  1. Choose Data Map > Tag Management from the left navigation bar.
  2. Click Create to create a tag.
    • Tag Name: Tag names can include only letters, numbers, and underscores (_). They cannot start with underscores (_) or exceed 100 characters.
    • Description: Up to 255 characters are allowed.
  3. Select a tag and click Delete to delete the tag.
  4. Click Edit to modify the description of a tag.

Adding a Tag to Identify Data

  1. On the DataArts Studio console, locate an instance and click Access. On the displayed page, locate a workspace and click DataArts Catalog.
  1. Choose Data Map > Catalog from the left navigation bar.
  2. Enter a keyword in the search box, and click the search icon. The search results are listed below the search box.
  1. Select the asset that you want to add a tag for and click Add Identifier in the upper right corner. In the Add Identifier dialog box, select Tags for Type.
    Figure 1 Adding an identifier
  2. Set the parameters and click OK.

    You can add a new tag or select an existing tag. Existing tags are created by following instructions in Managing a Tag.

Viewing the Details of a Table

  1. On the DataArts Studio console, locate an instance and click Access. On the displayed page, locate a workspace and click DataArts Catalog.
  1. Choose More > DataArts Catalog in the Quick Entry column of the corresponding workspace.
  2. Choose Data Map > Catalog from the left navigation bar. On the Technical Assets tab page, select a data connection and set Types to Table. Filter all tables in the data connection. For details, see Figure 2.
    Figure 2 Filtering tables
  3. Click a table name to access its details page. See Figure 3.

    The displayed page displays permissions information, column attributes, lineage information, table profile, data preview, and change history.

    Figure 3 Table details page

Previewing Data

You can preview business data of a table on the Data Preview tab page. The data can be masked in real time based on the column classification information.

  • Data assets that use DWS, DLI, MRS Hive, and MySQL data connections can be previewed.
  • Column classification information can be automatically set when a collection task is created or manually added in the data classification menu. Automatic classification setting is available only for DWS and DLI data collections.