The Catalog application is accessible from the K2view Web Framework by selecting the Catalog from the menu. Upon opening, the application displays the data retrieved from neo4j Graph DB and it allows navigating from one level to another through a data model’s graph, expanding and/or collapsing various nodes, searching for nodes, viewing their properties, and more.
The Catalog has a top bar navigation which includes the following areas:
Navigator displays the Catalog tree. It allows to navigate through it and to perform various activities. The Navigator is described in this article, in the following sub-sections:
Navigator's main area, which displays the Catalog tree.
Menu bar, which allows to perform various activities.
Properties tab, which displays the properties of the selected node or relation.
Catalog's deep linking mechanism.
Monitor displays the Discovery job execution progress. It allows to re-run the job for a selected data platform or stop the currently running job. Click here to get more details about the Discovery job execution monitor.
Settings allows to view and edit the pre-defined profiling and masking rules used by the Catalog. Click here to get more details about the Settings tab.
General
The Catalog Navigator's main area enables navigation between different hierarchy levels, by expanding and collapsing various nodes.
The initial view displays the Data Platform nodes (the data source interfaces defined in the Fabric project), for which the Discovery process is performed. In case the Discovery process hasn't been executed on any project interface, the main area would be empty.
The Catalog Legend, which presents the 3 node types with their respective icons, allows to hide or unhide all the elements of the same type.
Catalog's Version
The Navigator displays the latest Catalog version by default. The version number is displayed in the upper-left corner of the main area. By clicking it, you can either:
Click here for more information about the Catalog Versioning.
Data Platform and Schema's Context Menu
A single click on any Data Platform or Schema node opens the context menu:
The context menu allows performing the following actions:
Expand or Collapse the next level elements.
Run Discovery on the selected Data Platform; available in V7.2.1.
Hide an element from the window. A hidden element can be unhidden either from the Actions menu (as explained further in this article) or by reloading the Catalog.
Focus on the next level elements.
The Focus action differs from the Expand action in a way that it dives into the next hierarchy level, eliminating other nodes from the screen.
For example, whenis clicked on a Schema node, the Catalog will only display the Dataset nodes of the selected Schema.
In the Focus view, breadcrumbs are displayed in the upper-left corner of the main area, indicating your path within the Catalog tree. The breadcrumbs are clickable, and they allow to navigate up the tree.
Dataset Context Menu
Clicking on any Dataset node opens its context menu, which includes the following actions:
Expand Dataset fields:
Hide an element from the window.
The menu bar is a toolbar located at the top of the window. It includes the following choices:
The Properties Tab displays the selected element's name, the icon of the type and the element's properties.
Each element has different properties. For example, a Dataset field has properties such as column size and source data type - identified by the Crawler, and PII and Classification that are created by the plugins.
Clicking the property name or the icon next to the element's name, opens the More Info pop-up window that provides more details about the property, e.g., the property's Origin, which could be either the Crawler, one of the plugins or manual.
When the selected element is a relation (a link) between 2 objects in the Catalog tree, the relation's properties are displayed.
Note that in case there are more than one refers to relations between 2 Datasets, the Catalog tree displays only one link. However, the Properties Tab displays details of all relations. In the below example, there are 2 refers to relations between the movie and the language Datasets:
When navigating the Catalog tree and clicking a node, the node's path is added to the application URL using the following format:
/app/catalog/<version>/<data platform>/<schema>/<dataset>/<field>
Having a full node path allows sharing it as a direct link to a specific in-app location, thus saving the time and energy to try and locate a particular node.
The <version>
should be either the word latest or V with the version number, for example:
/app/catalog/latest/CRM_DB/public/customer/customer_id
/app/catalog/V2/CRM_DB/public/customer/customer_id
The Catalog can also be accessed from the DB Interface Explorer tab in the Web Studio, as explained here.
The Catalog application is accessible from the K2view Web Framework by selecting the Catalog from the menu. Upon opening, the application displays the data retrieved from neo4j Graph DB and it allows navigating from one level to another through a data model’s graph, expanding and/or collapsing various nodes, searching for nodes, viewing their properties, and more.
The Catalog has a top bar navigation which includes the following areas:
Navigator displays the Catalog tree. It allows to navigate through it and to perform various activities. The Navigator is described in this article, in the following sub-sections:
Navigator's main area, which displays the Catalog tree.
Menu bar, which allows to perform various activities.
Properties tab, which displays the properties of the selected node or relation.
Catalog's deep linking mechanism.
Monitor displays the Discovery job execution progress. It allows to re-run the job for a selected data platform or stop the currently running job. Click here to get more details about the Discovery job execution monitor.
Settings allows to view and edit the pre-defined profiling and masking rules used by the Catalog. Click here to get more details about the Settings tab.
General
The Catalog Navigator's main area enables navigation between different hierarchy levels, by expanding and collapsing various nodes.
The initial view displays the Data Platform nodes (the data source interfaces defined in the Fabric project), for which the Discovery process is performed. In case the Discovery process hasn't been executed on any project interface, the main area would be empty.
The Catalog Legend, which presents the 3 node types with their respective icons, allows to hide or unhide all the elements of the same type.
Catalog's Version
The Navigator displays the latest Catalog version by default. The version number is displayed in the upper-left corner of the main area. By clicking it, you can either:
Click here for more information about the Catalog Versioning.
Data Platform and Schema's Context Menu
A single click on any Data Platform or Schema node opens the context menu:
The context menu allows performing the following actions:
Expand or Collapse the next level elements.
Run Discovery on the selected Data Platform; available in V7.2.1.
Hide an element from the window. A hidden element can be unhidden either from the Actions menu (as explained further in this article) or by reloading the Catalog.
Focus on the next level elements.
The Focus action differs from the Expand action in a way that it dives into the next hierarchy level, eliminating other nodes from the screen.
For example, whenis clicked on a Schema node, the Catalog will only display the Dataset nodes of the selected Schema.
In the Focus view, breadcrumbs are displayed in the upper-left corner of the main area, indicating your path within the Catalog tree. The breadcrumbs are clickable, and they allow to navigate up the tree.
Dataset Context Menu
Clicking on any Dataset node opens its context menu, which includes the following actions:
Expand Dataset fields:
Hide an element from the window.
The menu bar is a toolbar located at the top of the window. It includes the following choices:
The Properties Tab displays the selected element's name, the icon of the type and the element's properties.
Each element has different properties. For example, a Dataset field has properties such as column size and source data type - identified by the Crawler, and PII and Classification that are created by the plugins.
Clicking the property name or the icon next to the element's name, opens the More Info pop-up window that provides more details about the property, e.g., the property's Origin, which could be either the Crawler, one of the plugins or manual.
When the selected element is a relation (a link) between 2 objects in the Catalog tree, the relation's properties are displayed.
Note that in case there are more than one refers to relations between 2 Datasets, the Catalog tree displays only one link. However, the Properties Tab displays details of all relations. In the below example, there are 2 refers to relations between the movie and the language Datasets:
When navigating the Catalog tree and clicking a node, the node's path is added to the application URL using the following format:
/app/catalog/<version>/<data platform>/<schema>/<dataset>/<field>
Having a full node path allows sharing it as a direct link to a specific in-app location, thus saving the time and energy to try and locate a particular node.
The <version>
should be either the word latest or V with the version number, for example:
/app/catalog/latest/CRM_DB/public/customer/customer_id
/app/catalog/V2/CRM_DB/public/customer/customer_id
The Catalog can also be accessed from the DB Interface Explorer tab in the Web Studio, as explained here.