Asset type groups

Important  This feature is available only in the latest UI.

Asset type groups allow multiple asset types to be grouped based on a shared function or purpose. Users that have a role with the System administration global permission can customize them to include specific asset types, depending on their organizational needs.

Asset type groups help make relation types more meaningful by enabling relation types to be defined at a group level. Rather than configuring relations solely between individual asset types, you can set relation types between entire asset type groups, providing clearer and more relevant connections between related assets.

Asset type groups have a global assignment, which defines a set of relation types. When you add an asset type to a group, the assignments of the asset type and any child asset types inherit the group relation types.

Note Asset type groups are system-managed features and their properties are not available for editing:
  • Asset type group assignments contain only relation types and no other characteristic. Therefore, you cannot add a column with attributes in a relation table that references an asset type group.
  • You cannot create your own custom asset type groups.
  • You cannot add asset type groups as the source or target of a custom relation type.
  • You can choose which asset types to add to an asset type group, based on your specific organizational needs.

Managing asset type groups

You can choose which asset types are part of the asset type groups from the asset type group page or the asset type page.

Prerequisites

You have a global role that has the Product Rights > System administration global permission.

Steps

  • From the asset type group page
  • From the asset type page

  1. Open an asset type group.

    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Collibra settings page opens.
    2. Click Operating Model.
      The Operating Model settings page opens.
    3. On the Asset type groups tab page, click the name of an asset type group.

      The asset type group Overview page opens.

  2. In the Included asset types section, select one or more of the available asset types.

    Note The changes apply immediately.

  1. Open an asset type.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Collibra settings page opens.
    2. Click Operating Model.
      The Operating Model settings page opens.
    3. On the Asset types tab page, click the name of an asset type.

      The asset type page opens.

    Note The asset type must have a global assignment.

  2. On the Overview tab page, in the Can be used as (Asset Type Group) section, select one or more of the available asset type groups.
  3. Click the Check iconSave icon.