Edit an attribute

Important 

In Collibra 2024.05, we launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Platform! You can learn more about this latest UI in the UI overview.

Use the following options to see the documentation in the latest UI or in the previous, classic UI:

You can edit the value of an attribute, for example, if you want to edit the definition of an asset.

Note 

Some attributes can't be edited directly from an asset page, such as the following:

  • Description from source
  • Source tags
  • Profiling results
  • Technical data type in the At a glance sidebar

If you delete an attribute value from an attribute type of the Selection or Multiple Selection kind, then you can no longer edit the values of the attributes of that type without removing those invalid values. We recommend that you remove invalid attribute values from the attributes before removing them from the attribute type.

Prerequisites

Note The prerequisites depend on the values that you select in the Domain and Type fields when creating the asset.

  • You have a resource role with the Asset > Update resource permission.
    Tip This permission is granted through a resource role that is assigned to you either on the domain or on the community to which the domain belongs (via inheritance). For more information, go to Responsibilities.
  • You have a global role that has the relevant global permission for the type of asset for which you are editing characteristics. For example, if you want to update the characteristics of a Business Term asset, you must have a global role that has the Business Semantics Glossary global permission. Similarly, if you want to edit the characteristics of a Policy asset, you must have a global role that has the Policy Manager global permission.
    Tip To view the global permissions for all out-of-the-box asset types, go to Overview of out-of-the-box asset types.

Steps

Edit an attribute from the asset page

  1. Open an asset page.
  2. Double-click in the field for the attribute you want to edit.
  3. Change the content as required.
  4. Click Save.
  1. Open an asset page.
  2. Double-click the attribute. or click .
  3. Edit the attribute.
  4. Click outside of the field to save the changes.
  5. Click Save.

Edit an attribute from a table

  1. Open a view in table display mode.
  2. If required, add the column of the attribute type to the table:
    1. Above the table, to the right, click → Fields.
    2. Click Select fields → Attributes.
    3. Select the relevant attribute types.
    4. Click Update.
    5. Click Save.
  3. Hover your pointer over the cell, and double click.
    The cell editor appears.
  4. Hover your pointer over the cell, and then click .
    The cell editor appears.
  5. Enter the required information.
  6. Do one of the following:
    If you want to change...do...
    the current row only:
    1. Click .
    2. Click Save.
    all visible rows:
    1. Click Apply to all visible rows.
    2. Click .
    3. Click Save.
    selected rows:
    1. Select one or more rows.
    2. Click Apply to all selected rows.
    3. Click .
    4. Click Save.