Collibra Browser Extension allows you to quickly search for definitions of business terms and acronyms and information about column and product names, from any web page in your Collibra environment. This means that when you browse a web page, you can easily find additional information about any text that is shown on the current page from your Collibra environment without needing to open the Collibra interface.
Note Collibra Browser Extension works on any web page. However, if you want to see the Collibra Browser Extension overlay on a web page, you must add a web domain.
Power BI or Tableau
If you are working in a business intelligence (BI) tool such as Power BI or Tableau, the Browser Extension can automatically identify the document on which you are working and show you the main information of that document, in a single click.
For example, when working on a Tableau dashboard, if you click the Collibra overlay, the information of that dashboard is shown in the extension.
Note The extension supports dashboards, reports, and workbooks in Power BI, and supports only dashboards in Tableau.
How the extension communicates with Collibra
Collibra Browser Extension uses REST API to communicate with Collibra Platform. When you sign in to Collibra using your web browser, a cookie is created and stored in your browser. The extension uses this cookie to identify and authenticate you when making requests to Collibra's REST API.
The extension itself does not handle the authentication process. Instead, it relies on the browser to provide one of the specific cookies ('JSESSIONID', '__Secure-Session-ID', or '__Host-Session-ID') from the configured Collibra platform URL. These cookies serve as proof of your authentication, allowing the extension to access the appropriate information and perform actions within Collibra.
All communication between the extension and Collibra's API occurs over HTTPS, using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.