Azure Data Lake Storage asset types and operating model

The Azure Data Lake Storage file system integration of Collibra Data Intelligence Platform uses a specific subset of asset types. All of these come out-of -the-box with your software.

Asset type Description
Technology Asset  System File Storage

ADLS File System

An asset type that represents Azure Data Lake Storage file system.

Technology Asset  File Container

ADLS Storage Account

An asset type that represents an Azure Data Lake Storage Account, which is a logical unit of storage containing Azure Data Lake Container objects.

Technology Asset 

File

A piece of information technology (hardware, software, database, software platform) that helps an organization to run a business application.
Technology Asset  File Container

ADLS Container

An asset type that represents an Azure Data Lake Container, which is a logical unit of storage containing Azure Data Lake Storage objects.

Technology Asset  File Container

Directory

A collection of data that is treated by a computer as a unit, for the purposes of input and output.

Data Asset  Data Structure 
Table

An implementation of data entities in columns and rows, in a given database system. It is the basic structure of a relational database.

Examples: Account_tbl, CUST_ADDR

Data Asset  Data Element 
Column

An atomic unit of data that can be stored in a database table.

Examples: FST_NM, EMPID

ADLS operating model

The following image shows the relations between ADLS asset types and the cardinality of the relation types in the assets' assignment.

Note 

If you use Microsoft Purview, a File asset can contain Table and Column assets.

For information on the data that is integrated, go to Integrated Azure Data Lake Storage data.