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New features and enhancements

The July 2025 release of Data Governance and Catalog includes the following new features and enhancements.

Introducing the AI System asset

The AI System asset is a machine learning-based system that uses multiple AI models to perform a range of tasks, such as generating predictions, content, recommendations, decisions, and actions. The asset records information about the technologies, AI models, and data that is used to perform these tasks.
You can create an AI System asset from the Data Governance and Catalog interface or use the bulk import template to create multiple AI System assets in a single operation. You can also use the Metadata Command Center workflow capabilities when you create or edit AI System assets.
You can discover the AI System assets that you create on the Browse page in Data Governance and Catalog. On the Customize page in Metadata Command Center, you can customize the predefined attributes that are available to AI System assets.
When you create a Data Set asset, you can now choose to specify an AI System asset as the parent of the data set instead of a System asset. You can create several direct relationships between AI System assets and other assets.
The following image shows a sample AI System asset:
The Overview tab of the Credit Fraud System AI System asset.
For more information about the AI System asset, see AI System.

Enhancements to AI Model assets

The following enhancements apply to the AI Model asset:
Note: If your administrator has configured a custom layout for AI Model assets, you can't view these changes. Before you can view the changes to the AI Model assets, your administrator must update the layouts that they created in Metadata Command Center.
Model lineage
The July release introduces a new lineage type that is unique to AI Model assets, Model Lineage. On the Model Lineage tab of an AI Model asset, you can view a visual representation of the data sets and other AI models that are associated with the AI model.
The following image shows the Model Lineage tab of an AI Model asset:
The Model Lineage tab of an AI Model asset.
New relationships between AI Model assets and other asset types
You can establish the following types of direct relationships between AI Model assets in addition to the types of relationship currently available:
Source Asset Type
Target Asset Type
Relationship Type
AI Model
AI Model
is the Base for
AI Model
AI Model
is Quantized into
AI Model
AI Model
is Derived from
AI Model
AI Model
is a Quantization of
You can no longer establish the following types of direct relationship between an AI Model asset and other assets:
Source Asset Type
Target Asset Type
Relationship Type
AI Model
AI Model
Contains
AI Model
AI Model
is Used in
AI Model
Data Element
is Generating (Target)
AI Model
Data Element
is Using (Source)
AI Model
Data Set
is Generating (Target)
AI Model
Data Set
is Using (Source)
Note: AI Model asset relationships that you defined before the July 2025 upgrade are unaffected.
Updated Data tab experience
The Data tab of an AI Model asset now displays the data sets that are used to train and validate the AI model.
Previously, the Data tab displayed the data elements that the AI model uses.
Additional metrics for AI Model assets
In Metadata Command Center, you can now define Evaluation Metrics for AI Model assets that enable you to record additional metrics that pertain to the model. You can create a maximum of 20 evaluation metrics. Furthermore, in Metadata Command Center you can customize the Bias Score and Drift Score metrics for the AI Model asset type.
The following image shows the Overview tab of an AI Model asset:
The Overview tab of an AI Model asset. The Evaluation Metrics section is highlighted.
Create AI models from technical assets
You can now create an AI Model business asset from an AI Model Core Version technical asset that you extracted from a Databricks source system.
For more information about the AI Model asset, see AI Model.

Enhancements to the Tasks Inbox

Tasks Inbox
The Workflow Inbox page is now renamed to Tasks Inbox.
Simplified inbox experience
On the Tasks Inbox page, the My Tasks and Unassigned Tasks tabs are replaced with a single Tasks tab. The Tasks tab displays all the tasks that you have claimed and the tasks that are available for you to claim.
Add comments to tasks
When you perform an action on a task, you can now add comments to the task.
On the Tasks Inbox page, Data Governance and Catalog now displays the Comments tab for a task that you select in the Tasks grid. The Comments tab displays the comments that you added to the task and also displays comments that are added to the ticket that is associated with the task.
The following image shows the Comments tab for a task:
The Tasks tab on the Tasks Inbox page. The Comments tab is open for the selected task. One comment is added to the task.
View the workflow ID in ticket history
On the History tab of a ticket, Data Governance and Catalog now displays the WorkflowId attribute in the Current Attributes column. The WorkflowId attribute displays the unique identifier the workflow that is associated with th ticket.
Note: The Date and Changed By fields are updated because Data Governance and Catalog added the WorkflowId attribute to your existing tickets.
Unclaim tasks
You can now unclaim a task that you had previously claimed. You can unclaim tasks to release yourself from the task responsibilities if you are unable to complete the task within the due time.
The following image shows the Unclaim button for a task:
The Tasks tab on the Tasks Inbox page. The Asset Details tab is open for the selected task. The Unclaim button is highlighted.
Note: Before you upgrade to the July 2025 release, complete all tasks pertaining to workflows created through Application Integration. After the upgrade, any open tasks associated with the Application Integration workflows will expire, and the associated tickets will be cancelled.
For more information about the Tasks Inbox, see Workflows and tickets.

New public REST APIs

You can use the following public REST APIs to interact with the assets in Data Governance and Catalog:
For more information about managing assets API, see Manage Assets in the Data Governance and Catalog help.
For more information about managing relationships API, see Manage Relationships in the Data Governance and Catalog help.

Data Access Management enhancements

The July release includes the following enhancements to Data Access Management functionality:

Data quality enhancements

This release includes the following enhancements to data quality:
For more information about how to configure a workflow event, see Configuring a workflow event.

New metrics for data observability

You can select Data Freshness and Data Volume as new filter metrics for a catalog source in Metadata Command Center. After you select Data Freshness and Data Volume metrics and run the catalog source in Metadata Command Center, you can monitor the most recently updated and refreshed data along with volume metrics for your datasets in the new Freshness and Volume category within the Data Observability tab in Data Governance and Catalog.
The following image shows the new data observability metrics in a catalog source:See the new data observability metrics in a catalog source.
For more information about data observability metrics, see Configuring data observability events.

Hide data processes to simplify lineage

Lineage visualizations can often become large and complex as it may include mapping tasks, mapping task instances and other transformation objects. This might make it difficult to focus on the source and target objects in the lineage.
To quickly assess the source and target objects in a lineage without the distraction of transformations details, you can hide the data processes or objects that perform transformations or other operations on data. To hide data processes, launch the technical lineage for an asset and select the Hide Data Process option from the settings of the lineage.
You can also save this setting as part of your lineage layout preferences.
For more information about hiding data process for data lineage, see View data lineage.

Bulk export and import enhancements

For more information about the bulk import process, see Bulk import process.

QuickLook browser extension enhancements

After you install the Informartica QuickLook browser extension, you can configure the POD URL in one of the following ways:
The following image shows the Informatica QuickLook digalog box on the browser extension page:
The Informatica QuickLook dialog box on the browser extension page.
For more information about configuring the Informatica QuickLook browser extension, see Configure the browser extension.

New control activity relationships for catalog sources

Microsoft Azure Data Factory now has the following control activity relationships:
For more information about the Microsoft Azure Data Factory catalog source, see Microsoft Azure Data Factory.
Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics now has the following control activity relationships:
For more information about the Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics catalog source, see Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics.

Enhancements to Find on Browse page

The tabs on the Browse page displays two new filters All Assets and Top Level Assets. You can apply the filter All Assets to perform find on assets within and across all hierarchies and the filter Top Level Assets perfoms find on parent assets only. Using Find at the table level or at the row level displays the first 25 results only.
The following image shows the filters menu for Find available on some tabs:
The filters menu for the Find field displays the options 'All Assets' and 'Top-Level Assets.' The 'All Assets' option is selected.
For more information about finding assets in the Browse tab, see Browse for assets.

Data element classification category

You can now create and define a classification category for a data element classification in Metadata Command Center. From the Asset Customization tab on the Customize page, you can create or edit values for a classification category attribute of a data element classification. Then, from the Explore page you can add multiple classification categories to a data classification.
The following image shows Classification Category panel on a new data element classification page:
The menu for selecting categories for a data element classification.
For more information about creating or adding classification categories to a data element classification, see Data classification.
Data Governance and Catalog displays the category of a data element classification for an asset. You can use category as a filter on the search page. While creating a search-based widget, you can also choose categories as a filter to display on the widget.
The following image displays the Classification Categories panel on a data element classification page:
A page in Data Governance and Catalog for a data element classification. The data element classification has multiple classification categories.
For more information about viewing classification categories of a data element classification, see Data classification categories for assets.

Extracting deleted stakeholders

Data Governance and Catalog now allows users with permissions to delete already deleted-stakeholders on an asset from the system. As we can now extract deleted user information, when a user deletes a deleted-stakeholder, these actions have an impact on the audit history and its export.
If the user has left the organization or is deleted, the user appears as John Admin (Deleted).
For more information about exporting and modifying user details, see Template file properties.

Search enhancements

This release includes the following enhancements to search:
For more information about searching for assets, see Search for assets and Search query examples.

Glossary enhancements

The July release includes the following enhancements to help you identify glossaries:

New interface language

The interface for Data Governance and Catalog now supports the Catalan language.

Documentation update for search query examples

The Search Query Examples chapter in the Asset Discovery help is now reworked for better readability. The search query examples are categorized and split into independent topics. This structure helps you find the desired search queries faster.
For more information about search query examples, see Search query examples.

New catalog sources

This release includes the following new catalog sources:
For more information about catalog sources, see Catalog Source Configuration.

Enhanced catalog sources

This release includes the following enhancements to catalog sources:
Amazon S3
You can extract metadata from the following object types:
For more information, see Amazon S3.
Databricks
This release includes the following enhancements:
For more information, see Databricks.
File System
You can extract metadata from TAR and ZIP compressed files.
For more information, see File System.
Google BigQuery
You can extract metadata from external tables.
For more information, see Google BigQuery.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services
This release includes the following enhancements:
For more information, see Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services.
Kafka
You can use the SASL_SSL protocol mechanism to connect to source systems.
For more information about catalog sources, see Catalog Source Configuration.
Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
You can extract metadata from the following object types:
For more information, see Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
You can extract metadata from Iceberg tables.
For more information, see Microsoft Azure Blob Storage.
SAP Datasphere
You can now connect to an SAP Datasphere source system with the proxy server settings that you configure for a Secure Agent.
For more information, see SAP Datasphere.
Snowflake
You can add metadata extraction filters based on dynamic tables.
For more information, see Snowflake.
Tableau
You can perform connection assignment to view lineage between an SAP HANA Database source system and a Tableau source system.
For more information, see Tableau.

Configure additional data capabilities

You can configure the following additional data capabilities on catalog sources:
For more information about catalog sources, see Catalog Source Configuration.

Profiling enhancements

This release includes the following profiling enhancements:
Microsoft SQL Server
You can run a data profiling job on metadata extracted from any database or schema regardless of the database or schema name that you specified in the connection properties.
Oracle
You can run a data profiling job on metadata extracted from any schema regardless of the schema name that you specified in the connection properties.
Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle
You can profile columns with names up to 128 characters in length.
SAP ERP
You can run a data profiling job on a limited number of rows using the Limit N Rows sampling type.
Teradata Database
You can run profiles on metadata extracted from multiple databases.
For more information, see Catalog Source Configuration.

Runtime environment

When you choose a runtime environment, you can only choose from Secure Agents installed on the operating system applicable to the catalog source.
For more information, see Catalog Source Configuration.

Incremental metadata extraction

You can now run incremental metadata extraction jobs on the following catalog sources:
A full metadata extraction extracts all objects from the source to the catalog. An incremental metadata extraction considers only the changed and new objects since the last successful catalog source job run. Incremental metadata extraction doesn’t remove deleted objects from the catalog and doesn’t extract metadata of code-based objects.
For more information, see Catalog Source Configuration.

Use abbreviations and synonyms for glossary association

You can choose to use the data in a lookup table as synonyms and abbreviations to associate glossary terms with technical assets. To use the data in a lookup table, enable the Glossary Association Synonyms option in the lookup table.
For more information, see Catalog Source Configuration.

Enable lineage discovery for catalog sources

Connection assignment can be a time-consuming task. To simplify this, you can now use CLAIRE to help build complete lineage of a catalog source by recommending the endpoint catalog source objects to be assigned to reference catalog source connections. To view CLAIRE recommendations, you need to enable lineage discovery when you configure a catalog source. When you run the catalog source job, Metadata Command Center assigns the reference catalog source connections to CLAIRE recommended endpoint catalog source objects. You can then view the list of CLAIRE recommendations and accept or reject them.
For more information about lineage discovery, see Lineage discovery.

Define filters when you link catalog sources

When you link catalog sources to generate lineage automatically with CLAIRE, you can choose to define filters for both source and target catalog sources.
For information about linking catalog sources, see Link catalog sources to generate lineage.

Clone workflows

If you want to create a workflow that is similar to an existing one, you can clone the existing workflow and modify the workflow name and other details as per your requirement.
For more information about designing workflows, see Workflows.

Select objects for metadata extraction filters

When you define filters for metadata extraction, you can select an object from a list of objects available in the source system.
You can select an object from a list when you configure the following catalog sources:
For more information, see Catalog Source Configuration.

Predefined data element classifications

You can import and use the following predefined data classifications to perform data classification on a source system:
For more information, see the Predefined data element classifications in Cloud Data Governance and Catalog how-to library article.

Epoch time format for custom partition detection

You can detect partitions that use the epoch time format in the following source systems:
Epoch time is the number of milliseconds between the current time and midnight January 1, 1970 UTC. For example, the epoch timestamp for 10/11/2021 12:04:41 GMT (MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss) is 1633953881 and the timestamp in milliseconds is 1633953881000.
To detect partitions, define the custom partition in JSON format in the configuration file as: {"CustomPartitionPatterns": ["@"]}

Use reference data from Reference 360 in data classifications

You can use reference data from Reference 360 to look up values when you define data element classifications in Metadata Command Center.
The New data element classification page shows the Inclusion Rule section with the Advanced toggle enabled. The Attributes drop-down displays options such as Attributes, Operators, Built-in Functions, Lookup Tables, Reference Data, and Constants. Reference Data is highlighted.
For more information about using reference data to define data element classification, see Data classification.

Job retention policy

System jobs and user jobs get deleted after a retention period. The retention period is 30 days for system jobs and IDMC metadata jobs and 90 days for user jobs.
For information about monitoring jobs, see Jobs in the Administration help.

SAP transports

New SAP transports are available for SAP ERP catalog sources.
For more information about SAP transports, see HOW TO: Import the latest transports for SAP catalog sources in Metadata Command Center.