Asset types are fundamental building blocks in Collibra. They act as templates to define the structure and behavior of your assets. An asset type ensures consistency by determining the following through one or more assignments:
- Attribute types, relation types, and statuses that an asset can have.
- Articulation rules, data quality rules, and validation rules that apply to an asset.
- Domain types in which you can create an asset.
Certain asset types can be created only in a specific Collibra application and in a specific domain type. For example, you can create Validation Rule assets only in a Validation Rule domain and KPI assets only in a Report Catalog domain. In an asset type's assignment, you can find the domain type required for the asset type.
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