Using Hierarchical Tags

Tagging assets helps you understand your data and its relationships to other assets. The Tag Hierarchies page is where users with the appropriate privileges can view and manage tags.

Custom Tags

You can create and manage tags that your organization needs to consistently classify assets in the catalog into clear categories. Tagging assets helps you identify all sources with similar content.

A tag hierarchy is a multilevel grouping of tags. You assign tags to assets so you can search for all assets with that tag. Finding assets that share the same tags helps you govern data and make informed decisions about your assets.

Tag Hierarchies page showing a list of custom tag hierarchies, a tags panel, and an edit tag dialog.
Key Page Features

Feature

Description

(1) Search

Allows free-text search in the tag hierarchies.

(2) Results

Shows a list of tag hierarchies with their descriptions and details. If you enter a search term, only the hierarchies that match the criteria are shown.

(3) Edit

Opens dialog where you edit the name and description of the tag hierarchy.

(4) Create Tag

Opens a dialog where you create a tag or a child tag under an existing higher-level tag.

(5) Edit Tag

Lets you to change the name, description, or color of the tag. You'll also see when the tag was created or changed and by which user.

System-Defined Tags

The catalog provides system-defined tag hierarchies that are automatically applied to data products during metadata extraction. These tag hierarchies are available as read-only.

The following system-defined tag hierarchies are available:
  • Data Protection and Privacy (see Data Protection and Privacy Tagging)