Edit an assignment

Important 

In Collibra 2024.05, we've launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Data Intelligence 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:

You can edit an assignment. For example, you do this if you want to add a specific attribute type to assets of a certain type.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Open an asset type.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon, and then click Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Collibra settings page opens.
    2. Click Operating Model.
      The operating model settings appear on the Asset types tab page.
    3. In the Asset types table, click an asset type.
      The asset type overview page opens. The Asset type editor opens.
  2. In the tab pane, click Global Assignment. the name of the assignment.
  3. Do one of the following:

    Component

    Steps

    Characteristics

    1. Above the table, to the right, click EditEdit Model.
    2. Above the table, to the right, click Add characteristic.
      The Add a Characteristic dialog box appears.
    3. Click the characteristic type that you want to add.
      Tip You can use the filter to search for a specific characteristic type.
      The characteristic type appears at the bottom of the table.
    4. If required, set the Asset Type Filter to restrict the relation type target available to a sub-set of assets.
    5. If required, edit the minimum or maximum number of occurrences of the characteristic.
      OptionDescription
      Min.

      The minimum number of occurrences of the characteristic.

      Set this option to 1 or greater to make the characteristic appear automatically on the asset page.

      Max.

      The maximum number of occurrences that you can assign to an asset type.

      Leave this option empty if you don't want a limit to the maximum number of occurrences.

    6. Above the table, to the right, click Save.
      You can now add the characteristic to the assets of this type.

    Domain types

    1. In the tab pane, click Domain Types.
      The domain type table appears.
    2. Above the table, to the right, click EditEdit Model.
    3. In the domain types overview, select the domain types to assign the selected asset type to.
    4. Click Save.

    Statuses

    1. In the tab pane, click Statuses.
    2. Above the table, to the right, click EditEdit Model.
    3. Above the table, to the right, click Add.Add a Status.
    4. In the Add a status dialog box, click the status to add to the asset type.
      Statuses in gray are already assigned to the asset type.
      Repeat this step for every status that you want to assign.
    5. Click Save.

    Articulation

    Assign one or more articulation rules.

    Data quality rules

    data quality rules
    1. In the tab pane, click Data quality rules.
    2. Above the table, to the right, click EditEdit Model.
    3. Above the table, to the right, click Add.
      The Add data quality rule dialog box appears.
    4. Click a data quality rule.
      The data quality rule appears at the bottom of the list of data quality rules.
      If required, change the order.
    5. Click Save.

    Validation rules

    1. In the tab pane, click Validation rules.
      The Asset type - Validation rules editor appears.
    2. Above the table, to the right, click EditEdit Model.
    3. Above the table, to the right, click AddAdd Validation Rule.
      The Add validation ruleAdd a Validation Rule dialog box appears.
    4. Click the required validation rule.
      The validation rule appears at the bottom of the list of validation rules.
    5. If required, change the order of the validation rules.
    6. Click Save.