The physical data layer represents the actual data – the schemas, tables and columns – in an organization's systems.
The physical data layer consists of the following asset types:
Note
- Although the Database asset type is a Technology Asset, it is considered part of the physical data layer.
- The Schema, Table and Column assets in a Collibra Data Intelligence Platform environment are almost never created manually; rather, they are automatically created via the Data Catalog ingestion process, when registering a data source.