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Data assets

A representation of data in an organization. Data assets may contain relevant data elements and are contained in one or more data collections. Use the Marketplace - Data Asset Template.xlsx file or upload your own Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to create data assets in Data Marketplace.

Prerequisites

Before you can create data assets, verify the following prerequisites:
Verify the privileges and permissions
Verify one of the following:
Verify the data collections
If you want to add the data assets to data collections, ensure that the data collections within which you want to create the data assets are already present in Data Marketplace.

Column description

The following table describes the fields in the Marketplace - Data Asset Template.xlsx file and the values that you can enter:
Field
Description
Example
Reference ID
Enter a reference identifier for the data asset.
Field Type: Free text; optional
Guidelines: If you don't specify a reference identifier, Data Marketplace automatically assigns a unique value to the object.
If you want to specify a reference identifier, enter a unique alphabetical, numeric or alphanumeric value. You can also use special characters when you enter a reference identifier value. Ensure that the value that you enter doesn’t use a prefix value that is configured in Metadata Command Center.
For more information about reference IDs, see the Manage reference IDs of objects topic in the Set Up Data Marketplace help.
You can specify DAsset01 or DA-1 as the reference ID of a data asset. However, if DAS- is a reference ID prefix that is configured in your Metadata Command Center, you cannot use DAS-1.
Name
Enter a name for the data asset as you want it to appear in Data Marketplace.
Field Type: Free text; required
Guidelines: To help Data Users find meaningful data, the data asset names should clearly indicate the data that they represent.
Customer Address Dataset
Description
Enter a description for the data asset.
Field Type: Free text; required
Guidelines: Explain the nature of the data and the purpose for which it was created so that users can decide whether it meets their business requirements.
If you use a CSV file to upload data assets, do not enter commas in the description. Commas are used as column separators. Consider rephrasing the description to avoid commas.
Curated data set that brings together stored customer address information (such as house number and street name and postal code and city and country).
Data Source
Specify the source system from which the actual data is supplied.
Field Type: Free text; required
Guidelines: Enter a source name that is best understood and easily recognized by other users in your organization.
Specify a CRM or data warehouse application here. Cloud Data Warehouse
Descriptive Source
Specify the source application from which the description of the data asset is taken.
Field Type: Free text; optional
Guidelines: If the data asset is documented in a data asset register, data governance application, data catalog application, or metadata management tool, you can enter the tool name here. If the data asset is not document anywhere, you can enter the same value that you entered for Data Source.
Enter a data governance or data catalog tool here. Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog
Type
Enter a type for the data asset.
Field Type: Free text; required
Guidelines: The value you enter here helps Data Users to know what kind of data they can expect. To set the correct expectation for Data Users, maintain consistency between the Data Source and Type values.
For example, if the Data Source is Enterprise Data Catalog, the Type can be a table. On the other hand, if the Data Source for the same data is Axon Data Governance, the Type can be a data set.
Table
Source Path
Enter the location of the data asset in the source system.
Field Type: Free text; optional
Guidelines: To help stakeholders of a data collection easily discover the data asset in the source system, enter the fully qualified path of the data asset.
https://ipfs.tech/ 0x7B502C3A1F48C8609AE212CDFB639DEE39673F5E
Source Path Description
Enter the description of the location in the source system where the data asset is stored.
Field Type: Free text; optional
Guidelines: Enter additional information about the source path of the data asset.
This is a content hash.
Technical Data Asset
Enter a the name of the data asset as it appears in the source system.
Field Type: Free text; optional
2023Retail_list.xlsx
URI
Enter the uniform resource identifier of the location where the data is stored or maintained.
Field Type: Free text; optional
Guidelines: Enter the URI that is most helpful for Data Users to access the data. For example, if the data is captured in a catalog tool but is better documented in a governance tool with rich lineage, enter the location of the data in the governance tool.
www.youraxon.com/ds12
Status
Select a status for the data asset. The status determines whether the data asset is available to be added to data collections.
Field Type: Fixed value; required
Enter one of the following values:
  • - To make the data asset available, set the status to ENABLED.
  • - To make the data asset unavailable, set the status to DISABLED.
Guidelines: Typically, the data assets you create should be enabled for use. If you are creating disabled data assets, ensure that you have a valid reason for doing so, or create the data assets later.
ENABLED
Data Collection
Specify the data collection within which you want to create the data asset.
Field Type: Fixed value; optional
Guidelines: Enter the data collection name exactly as it appears in the Data Marketplace user interface.
Customer Profile and Address Information