Manage asset type assignments

You can add, edit, and delete the assignments of an asset type.

Common prerequisites

  • You have a global role with the Product Rights > System administration global permission.
  • For scoped assignments, your Collibra environment allows scope configuration. You can check if your license has the PLATFORM_OM_SCOPE capability enabled by using the GET method of the Core REST API v2 /license/capabilities endpoint.

Add an assignment

Adding a global or scoped assignment to an asset type allows you to tailor governance responsibilities to specific contexts. This targeted approach improves data quality within specific areas, and facilitates more effective data governance across the organization.

You can add an assignment to an asset type if you want to change the behavior of the assets of that type. For example, you can add an assignment to make a specific attribute type available for assets of a specific type.

Tip Before adding a scoped assignment, ensure that the scope is created and the asset type has a global assignment.
  1. Open the asset type.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. Click the Operating model tab.
      Operating Model settings are shown.
    3. In the Asset types table, click the name of the asset type.
      The asset type page opens.
  2. To add a global assignment:
    1. In the left pane, click Add global assignment.
      The Add Global Assignment dialog box appears.
  3. To add a scoped assignment:
    1. In the left pane, click Add assignment.
      The Select scope for this assignment dialog box appears.
    2. Select a scope.
      Note You can add only one scope at a time.
    3. Click Add assignment.
      A scoped assignment is added to the asset type. The settings of the global assignment are copied to the scoped assignment.

Edit an assignment

Note Certain assignments have system-managed attribute types, relation types, and statuses that can't be removed because they are necessary for the proper functioning of Collibra Platform. For example, in the global assignment of the Column asset type, you can't remove the relation type that links it to a table.

  1. Open the asset type.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. Click the Operating model tab.
      Operating Model settings are shown.
    3. In the Asset types table, click the name of the asset type.
      The asset type page opens.
  2. In the left pane, click the assignment.
  3. Assign any of the following items to the asset type: characteristic types, domain types, statuses, articulation score rules, data quality rules, and validation rules.

Delete an assignment

You can delete an assignment if, for example, you no longer want the assets of a specific asset type to have specific attribute types. If you delete a global assignment, the asset type inherits all assignments from its parent asset type. The global assignment for certain asset types can't be deleted because it is necessary for the proper functioning of Collibra Platform.

Tip Before deleting a global assignment, ensure that all the scoped assignments are deleted and the asset type isn't part of an asset type group.
  1. Open the asset type.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. Click the Operating model tab.
      Operating Model settings are shown.
    3. In the Asset types table, click the name of the asset type.
      The asset type page opens.
  2. In the left pane, click Delete outline rounded icon next to the assignment you want to delete.
    The Delete this assignment dialog box appears.
  3. Click Delete.

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