About domains

A domain is a logical grouping of assets. It always has a domain type and belongs to only one community. You can recognize a domain by the icon.

Important 

In Collibra 2024.05, we launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Platform! You can learn more about this latest UI in the UI overview.

Use the following options to see the documentation in the latest UI or in the previous, classic UI:

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Domain page overview

A domain page provides a complete overview of all information related to the domain.

Image of a domain page

Number Section Description
Breadcrumbs Navigation path of the current domain.
Domain representation

Icon of the domain.
Domain name Name of the domain.
Type of resource Domain.
Business Steward

Names of up to three Business Stewards of the domain. You can view all Business Stewards on the Responsibilities tab.
Tasks icon (Tasks) Open tasks for the domain.
(More)

Options to edit, move, and delete the domain.
Actions

Actions you can perform on the domain. They are preconfigured for the domain type, and they depend on workflow configuration and your permissions.
Tab bar

Horizontal tabs that allow you to navigate to specific sections on the domain page.

  • Overview: Description of the domain. This tab also contains the comments added to the domain, unless the new commenting experience is enabled.
  • Assets: Assets within the domain.
  • Responsibilities: Users or user groups assigned to a resource role for the domain.
  • History: Domain's life cycle, from its creation to the most recent action.
  • Attachments: Images, reference material, or other files relevant to the domain.

Number Section Description

Breadcrumbs Navigation path of the current assetdomaincommunity.
Domain type representation

Icon of the asset typedomaincommunity.

Tip You can edit how an asset type is represented.
Domain name The name of the assetdomaincommunity.
Resource menu Additional actions, such as editing the assetdomaincommunity and starting a workflow.
Stewards

The stewards of the assetdomaincommunity.

You can see up to three stewards on the assetdomaincommunity page. If there are more, click See all <number> to see them on the Responsibilities page.
Tab pane

A collapsible pane that allows you to navigate to other pages of the assetdomaincommunity and add characteristics as specified in the assignment.

  • Overview: Contains the description of and comments about a domain.
  • Assets: Displays the assets in the domain.
  • Responsibilities: Displays the view permissions and the responsibilities for a domain.
  • History: Displays the actions done on this domain by each user.
  • Files: Contains attachments.
Editor

The currently selected page, in this case the Overview page, contains all of the attributes that have been defined for the domain.

If you want to paste text from external sources into the text box, we recommend clicking <> and then pasting the text into the Source Code dialog box. This allows you to edit the HTML source code and help remove any unwanted formatting or tags. The Source Code dialog box does not support iframes.

Open a domain page

  1. On the main toolbar, click .
    The browse pane appears.

  2. On the Organization tab, expand the community of the domain, and then click the domain.

    Tip You can search for the domain using the search box within the browse pane.

Related topics

Manage domains