Configure asset layouts

Before using data products and data contracts, verify that specific items are included in the layouts of the Data Product, Data Contract, and other relevant asset types. This allows users to view relevant details on the asset pages.

Prerequisites

You have a global role with the Product Rights > System administration global permission.

Steps

Data Product asset type

Configuring the layout of the Data Product asset type allows users to view the connected output ports of data products on the asset pages.

  1. Open the Data Product asset type:
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon > Settings.
    2. In the Operating model section, click Asset types, and then click the name of the asset type.
  2. In the left pane, click the relevant assignment, and then click Characteristics.
  3. Click Edit layout.
  4. On the Edit layout page, verify that the Output Ports Viewer widget is visible. If it is not visible, drag the widget from the left pane to the layout.
    Tip 
    • You can reposition the widget in the layout by using . You can also create a new section for the widget.
    • You can add other widgets such as Diagram and Data Categories.
      • Diagram: Shows a diagram view with the data product and its related assets.
      • Data Categories: Shows the data categories that are exposed in the data product. Data categories can be shown based on the data classification of the columns that are related to the data product.
  5. Optionally, configure the Output Ports Viewer widget:
    Tip By default, on the Data Product asset page:
    • A data product port card shows the name, status, and description of the data product port, and whether a data contract is linked to the port. It also shows the alignment status. If you want to show an attribute other than description, or hide the alignment status, complete the current step.
    • When a user clicks a data product port card, a preview of the port appears with access method, access instructions, port status, and data quality score. If you want to show different information, complete the current step.
    1. Click Cogwheel icon.
      The Settings dialog box appears with the Widget card and Preview panel tabs.
    2. To change the attribute that is shown on a data product port card, on the Widget card tab, in the Text attribute section, click Close icon to remove the current attribute type, and then drag the required attribute type from the Available attributes section to the Text attribute section.
      Tip The Available attributes section contains only Text attribute types that are associated with the Data Product Port asset type. You can add only one Text attribute type.

    3. To hide the alignment status from a data product port card, on the Widget card tab, switch off the Show data contract alignment option.

    4. To change the information that is shown in the preview pane for a data product port, on the Preview panel tab, drag the required attribute types from the Available attributes section to the Text attributes section.
      Tip 
      • The Available attributes section contains the attribute types that are associated with the Data Product Port asset type.
      • You can reposition an item in the Text attributes section by using .
    5. Click Save.
  6. Click Publish.
    Your changes are published and applied to Data Product asset pages.

Image of the Data Product asset page with the Output Ports Viewer widget

Tip The exposes data as Data Product Port section on the asset page corresponds to the Output Ports Viewer widget in the asset type layout.

Asset types in the Data Contract Subject asset type group

Configuring the layout of the asset types that are included in the Data Contract Subject asset type group allows users to view data contract details on the asset pages.

  1. Open the asset type:

    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon > Settings.
    2. In the Operating model section, click Asset types, and then click the name of the asset type.
  2. In the left pane, click the relevant assignment, and then click Characteristics.
  3. Click Edit layout.
  4. On the Edit layout page, verify that the Data Contract Viewer widget is visible. If it is not visible, drag the widget from the left pane to the layout.
    Tip 
    • The Data Contract Viewer widget is available for the layouts of all the asset types (including their subtypes) in the Data Contract Subject asset type group.
    • You can reposition the widget in the layout by using . You can also create a new section for the widget.
  5. Click Publish.
    Your changes are published and applied to the asset pages.

Image of the Data Product Port asset page with the Data Contract Viewer widget

Tip The should operate according to Data Contract section on the asset page corresponds to the Data Contract Viewer widget in the asset type layout.

Data Contract asset type

Configuring the layout of the Data Contract asset type allows users to view manifest IDs and active versions of manifests on the asset pages.

  1. Open the Data Contract asset type:

    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon > Settings.
    2. In the Operating model section, click Asset types, and then click the name of the asset type.
  2. In the left pane, click the relevant assignment, and then click Characteristics.
  3. Click Edit layout.
  4. On the Edit layout page, verify that the Manifest ID and Version attribute types are visible. If they are not visible, drag the attribute types from the left pane to the layout.
    Tip You can reposition the attribute types in the layout by using . You can also create a new section for the attribute types.
  5. Optionally, drag the Alignment status attribute type from the left pane to the layout.
  6. Click Publish.
    Your changes are published and applied to Data Contract asset pages.

Data Contract asset page with the Version and Manifest ID attributes

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