A category is a grouping of related data collections. It is a predefined classification where stakeholders can publish the data collections for which they are responsible.
On the Browse page, you can view all the categories that are available in Data Marketplace. You can click a category to view the category details. The following image shows an example of a category details page:
Browse panel
The Browse panel displays all the categories and their subcategories that are available in Data Marketplace.
Prerequisites
To browse for categories, verify one of the following prerequisites:
- Your user profile is assigned at least one of the predefined roles for Data Marketplace. For more information about the predefined roles for Data Marketplace, see Predefined roles.
- Your user profile is assigned a role for which the following privileges and permissions are enabled:
▪ Access Data Marketplace privilege is enabled in Administrator.
▪ Read permission is enabled in Metadata Command Center for categories.
To view the details of a category, click the category to open its details page. To reveal the subcategories of a category in the Browse panel, click the Expand button. You can also click the Expand button once again to collapse an expanded category tree.
As Data User, you can view only the active categories in the Browse panel. Inactive categories are visible to only a stakeholder that is responsible for at least one category or to a Data Marketplace Administrator.
Summary tab
On the Summary tab, you can view the properties of the category that is selected in the Browse panel.
Prerequisites
To view the properties of a category, verify one of the following prerequisites:
- Your user profile is assigned at least one of the predefined roles for Data Marketplace. For more information about the predefined roles for Data Marketplace, see Predefined roles.
- Your user profile is assigned a role for which the following privileges and permissions are enabled:
▪ Access Data Marketplace privilege is enabled in Administrator.
▪ Read permission is enabled in Metadata Command Center for categories.
Category Summary section
The following table describes the fields in the Category Summary section:
Field
Description
Reference ID
Reference identifier of the category.
Name
Name of the category.
Description
Description of the category. You can refer to the description of a category to determine whether it contains the data collections that are relevant to you.
Status
Status of the category. A category can have one of the following statuses:
- Active. The category is discoverable to Data Users.
- Inactive. The category isn't discoverable to Data Users.
If the selected category has a direct or indirect parent category that is inactive, the selected category is effectively inactive even if the Status field indicates that is active. Data collections that belong to an effectively inactive category are not discoverable to Data Users on the Browse and Search pages.
A Data User that received access to a data collection that later belonged to an effectively inactive category can still navigate from the Data I Use page to the details page of the inactive category if the Data User is assigned Read permission in Metadata Command Center on inactive categories. Additionally, even if a Data User has opened the details page of an inactive category, Data Marketplace does not display the selected inactive category in the Browse panel.
Parent Category
If your category is a subcategory to another category, you can view its parent category in the Parent Category field.
Asset Groups
The asset groups of the category.
For more information about asset groups, see the Use Metadata Command Center to enrich and manage objects topic in the Set Up Data Marketplace help.
For more information about how you can modify or delete a category, see the Categories topic in Set Up Data Marketplace help.
Stakeholders section
View the users or user groups that are responsible for the category. For more information, see Stakeholders tab.
Metrics section
View the number of published data collections and active subcategories that are part of the selected category. You can also view the number of active data collections in the subcategories.
Note: For an inactive category, Data Marketplace does not display these metrics.
Data Collections tab
On the Data Collections tab, you can view the data collections that constitute the category and its subcategories.
Prerequisites
To view the data collections of a category, verify one of the following prerequisites:
- Your user profile is assigned at least one of the predefined roles for Data Marketplace. For more information about the predefined roles for Data Marketplace, see Predefined roles.
- Your user profile is assigned a role for which the following privileges and permissions are enabled:
▪ Access Data Marketplace privilege is enabled in Administrator.
▪ Read permission is enabled in Metadata Command Center for categories and data collections.
Recent Data Collections
In the Recent Data Collections carousel, you can view the most recently created data collections of the category.
Note: For an inactive category, Data Marketplace does not display this information.
Data Collections of the category
The following table describes the fields in the Data Collections grid:
Field
Description
Reference ID
Reference identifier of the data collection.
Name
Name of the data collection.
Purpose
Overview of the contents of the data collection.
Category
Name of the category.
Owner
Name of the stakeholders of the data collection.
You can also configure the Data Collections grid to display the collections of the subcategories of the selected category, and also select whether you want the grid to display collections that belong to inactive subcategories. For more information, see Display section.
To order a data collection, click the data collection name in the Name column to open the data collection page. On the data collection page, you can order the collection. For more information about how you can order a data collection, see the Ordering data collections topic in the Working with Data Collections help.
Note: When a Data User views the details page of an inactive category, Data Marketplace displays the Data Collections grid only if the Data User is assigned the Read permission in Metadata Command Center on inactive data collections.
If you want a new data collection to be created and added to the category, click Request New Data Collection. For more information about how you can request a new data collection, See the Requesting new data collections topic in the Working with Data Collections help.
Stakeholders tab
On the Stakeholders tab, you can view the stakeholders of the category. Stakeholders are authorized users that are responsible for a category and the data within it.
Prerequisites
To view the stakeholders of a category, verify one of the following prerequisites:
- Your user profile is assigned at least one of the predefined roles for Data Marketplace. For more information about the predefined roles for Data Marketplace, see Predefined roles.
- Your user profile is assigned a role for which the following privileges and permissions are enabled:
▪ Access Data Marketplace privilege is enabled in Administrator.
▪ Read permission is enabled in Metadata Command Center for categories.
The following table describes the fields in the Stakeholders grid:
Field
Description
Stakeholder Role
Name of the stakeholder role that is assigned to the user or user group.
For more information about a stakeholder role, see the Use Metadata Command Center to enrich Data Marketplace objects topic in the Set Up Data Marketplace help.
Stakeholder Name
Name of the user or user group that is assigned as the stakeholder of the category.
Stakeholder Assignment
This field indicates whether or not a stakeholder is inherited from a parent category. This field can have one of the following values:
- Inherited. The stakeholder is inherited from a parent category.
- Specifically Assigned. The stakeholder is assigned directly to the category.
For more information about how you can modify the stakeholders of a category, see the Categories topic in Set Up Data Marketplace help.
Display section
In the Display section, you can configure the category to display the collections of its subcategories, and also configure the Browse panel to display inactive categories and inactive subcategories.
View subcategories
If you want the Data Collections tab to display the collections of the subcategories of a selected category, toggle on the Sub-Categories option in the Display section. If this option is not toggled on, the Data Collections tab displays only the data collections that are associated with the category that you have selected.
View inactive categories and subcategories
If you want the Browse panel to display inactive categories and inactive subcategories, toggle on the Inactive option in the Display section. If this option is not toggled on, the Browse panel displays only the active categories and active subcategories in the panel.
View data collections of inactive subcategories.
If you want the Data Collections tab to display the collections of the inactive subcategories of a selected category, toggle on the Inactive option in the Display section. If this option is not toggled on, the Data Collections tab displays only the data collections that belong to the active subcategories of the category that you have selected.
Ensure that you have also toggled on the Sub-Categories option in the Display section.
You can view the Display section on all the tabs of a category page.
