Important This feature is available only in the latest user interface.
The Tailored asset pages feature allows you to do quick in-page editing for a more efficient experience in editing attributes, relations, complex relations, and other values on asset pages. The feature also provides admins with the opportunity to tailor asset pages using a layout editor. The layout editor allows admins, for example, to create sections to group attributes, relation, and complex relations.
In-page editing in asset pages
Once an admin has added attributes, defined the layout, and published the page, the content in the asset pages can be updated directly on the asset page, if you have an admin or author role. With in-page editing, it's easier to add information, giving the page more value for your colleagues.
Updating the asset page layout
As an admin, you know your organization and its needs. That is why Collibra allows you to tailored asset pages to your needs. With a layout editor, you can customize which items show on an asset page for a particular assignment, and can group and organize content into sections that make sense to you and your colleagues.
Drafting and publishing
Any changes you make to your asset type layout will automatically save as a draft.
Important Draft layouts are not user-specific, so colleagues with the correct permissions can make further changes to the draft you created or publish it. This means that the draft you save might not be the same as the one you return to if one of your colleagues has edited it.
When a layout is marked as a draft, only those with editing access can see it in the layout editor. Once a layout is published, it is applied to the asset page for that assignment and affects the content presented to colleagues viewing those assets.
System content and sections
With the tailored asset feature, you can customize the sections and content on your asset page. However, some sections and content are not editable. These sections are the system content and sections.
System content and sections appear for out-of-the-box Catalog asset types, such as Column, Table, Data Set, and Schema, and are fixed in the layout. They are controlled by Collibra, at a system level.
Best practices
We recommend limiting the sections in your asset pages to no more than seven.
Although you can have an unlimited number of sections on your tailored asset page, research suggests that around seven options are a safe number to give people without overwhelming them. This number also gives enough variance that the person choosing feels like they have options to compare and make the best selection.
If you find yourself with more than seven sections, we recommend that you reflect on how you are breaking down the content. Talk to the intended audience and ask what they are looking for in this type of asset. You could also consider if the way you are displaying the data is the most efficient. Could you use relations to refer colleagues to other assets for further details? Could you summarize data better for certain audiences (assignments) using the description?
To ensure your colleagues can find and understand information, we recommend giving sections clear and concise titles.
Try to consider the logic of how sections are organized and the structure of the content in each section. You know best what your colleagues are looking for, and the order that makes sense for the content. If you don’t know this information, talk to the colleagues that will be using this layout.
With the new layout, there is no protection for simultaneous editing.
This means if someone made the last change and has their changes saved, all other unsaved changes will be overridden. Therefore, collaborate with any other editors to ensure you aren’t working on the layout at the same time.