As a stakeholder, you want to label or classify data into a variety of categories that are critical to your organization, you can curate data classifications in Data Governance and Catalog.
After you add the data classification rules to a catalog source and run the data classification job for the catalog source in Metadata Command Center, you can curate data classifications for the extracted technical assets in Data Governance and Catalog. When you curate data classifications, you either accept the inferred data classifications to associate them to technical assets, or decline the inferred data classification associations. You can also manually associate technical assets with one or more data classification rules that you have created. For more information about creating data classifications, see the Administration help module in Metadata Command Center.
The following guidelines apply if you want to curate data classifications:
•The data classifications that you want to curate should be in the Published Lifecycle stage.
•The organization administrator must grant you the Read permission on data classification assets and the Update permission on technical assets through access policies in Metadata Command Center.
•You can associate data classifications that have been configured with or without inclusion rules in Metadata Command Center.
Accept or decline inferred data classifications
When you add data classification rules to a catalog source in Metadata Command Center, the system identifies the columns and tables that match the rules and displays one or more matched data classifications on the column or table asset pages in Data Governance and Catalog. If your role has the required privileges, you can see the inferred data classifications in the Accepted section of the Data Element Classifications or Data Entity Classifications panel.
The following image shows a column asset page with the inferred data element classifications that match the column data and metadata. All accepted data classification assets appear with an orange color border.
If the data classifications inferred for the columns or tables are not suitable, you can decline the accepted data classifications from the Accepted section. The declined classifications move to the Declined section of the Data Element Classifications or Data Entity Classifications panel. The declined classification automatically changes from orange to grey color border. In the above example, three inferred data element classifications were declined for the column.
Manually associate data classifications with technical assets
If you did not add data classification rules while configuring the catalog source in Metadata Command Center, you can manually add data classifications to technical assets in Data Governance and Catalog. To manually associate data classifications with technical assets, perform one of the following actions:
•On the Data Element Classifications or Data Entity Classifications panel, click the add icon, and select one or more data classifications to associate with the data element or the data set.
The associated data classifications appear in the Accepted section of the Data Element Classifications panel for a data element or in the Data Entity Classification panel for a data set.
The following image shows the add icon and the manually associated classifications in the Data Elements Classifications panel on the column page.
•On the Contains tab, use the Action menu next to the data element for which you want to curate data classifications to open the Curate Glossaries and Data Classifications dialog box. On this dialog box, you can manually associate data classifications with specific data elements.
The following image shows the Contains tab of a table:
Bulk accept or decline inferred and manually associated data classifications
You can also bulk accept or decline all inferred and manually associated data classifications for a column or a table. To bulk accept or decline data classifications for a technical asset, click the action menu and select the appropriate option.
The following image shows the options for bulk accepting or declining data classifications:
Remove declined data classifications
You can remove the data element classifications and data entity classifications that are declined for a technical asset.
Optionally, you can bulk remove all of the declined data classifications. To bulk remove all the declined classifications for a technical asset, click the action menu and select Remove All Declined Classifications.
The following image shows the option for bulk removing declined data classifications:
