Set up Control Tower (in preview)

As an administrator, there are few set up steps that you need to carry out before users can start creating controls and configuring control queries.

Prerequisites

  • The latest Collibra user interface is enabled for your Collibra environment. Control Tower only works in conjunction with the latest Collibra user interface.
  • You have a global role with the Product Rights > System administration global permission.

Steps

  1. Add the Product Rights > Control Tower global permission to a global role.
    Tip There are no out-of-the-box Control Tower-related global roles that allow you to convey the permission to users. Therefore, we recommend that you add the Product Rights > Control Tower global permission to an existing out-of-the-box or custom global role that you can then assign to the users or user groups that will access the Control Tower product pages. Alternatively, you can create a new global role and add the global permission to that role.
  2. Assign the global role to Control Tower users.
  3. Assign the Control Manager resource role on the Managed Controls domain.
    Tip Control Tower comes with the Managed Controls domain, which is intended as a register for your Managed Control assets. We recommend that you assign the resource role on this domain or its parent community Data Governance Council.
  4. If you want to import controls, you need to assign a resource role with the Asset > add resource permission on the Managed Controls domain, which is the domain to which controls are imported.
  5. Add the Failed controls widget to relevant asset page layouts.
    Tip When a control query identifies a failed asset, the name of the associated Managed Control asset is shown on the asset page. This is enabled by the Failed controls widget, which must be manually added to the asset page layout of all relevant target asset types. For example, a common use case is to set up a control to identify reports that fail to meet certain criteria. In that case, you need to manually add the widget to the Report asset page.

What's next

Users can now start creating controls and configuring control queries.