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 |
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Technology Asset
 System File Storage ADLS File System |
An asset type that represents Azure Data Lake Storage file system. |
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Technology Asset
Storage 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. |
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Technology Asset
File |
A piece of information technology (hardware, software, database, software platform) that helps an organization to run a business application. |
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Technology Asset
Storage 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. |
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Technology Asset
Storage Container Directory |
A collection of data that is treated by a computer as a unit, for the purposes of input and output. |
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Data Asset
Table Data Structure |
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 |
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Data Asset Column Data Element |
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.
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.