Out-of-the-box metamodel for Data Helpdesk

Data Helpdesk has specific asset types, domain types, and workflows.

Asset types

The following table contains out-of-the-box asset types that are relevant for Data Helpdesk.

Asset type Description
Governance Asset 
Issue Category

Allows you to categorize Issue type assets to help with organization and reporting.

Example: You want to differentiate between types of issues, such as a Duplication issue or a Completeness issue.

Issue

The parent asset type of all issues.

Issue 
Data Issue

A problem related to issue management, also referred to as "issue".

Domain types

The table below contains out-of-the-box domain types that are relevant for Data Helpdesk.

Tip 

Use these options to filter the rows and columns of the table to your needs:

Domain type Description

Asset types

Application

Governance Asset Domain  
  • Data Quality Dimension
  • Issue Category

Data Helpdesk

Data Governance Domain
Rulebook
A set of rules that are used as a basis for making decisions and governing programs or policies.
  • Rule
  • Business Rule
  • Data Quality Metric
  • Data Quality Rule
  • Data Helpdesk
  • Policy Manager
  • Reference Data

Workflows

The following table contains out-of-the-box workflows that are relevant for Data Helpdesk.

Name

Description

Visual representation

Cancel Process

This process notifies the concerned users of a workflow cancellation.

Escalation Process

This process is the default mechanism for the escalation of user tasks in workflows.

Issue Creation

This process facilitates issue creation.

Issue Management

This process is used to route and resolve issues.

Issue Move

The Issue Move workflow is a process that changes the responsible community of an issue.

Propose New Governance Asset

This process facilitates the creation of new Governance Assets in the Data Governance Council community.

Simple Approval

The Simple Approval workflow is a single-step process that allows you to approve an asset in Collibra.

Voting Sub-Process

The Voting Sub-Process is a workflow that can be called by other workflows when users need to vote. It is used within other out-of-the-box workflows such as the Approval Process, the Simple Approval or the Issue Management workflow.

You can use this sub-process in new custom workflows. The result is a true or false boolean that is provided to the parent workflow.