About the Data Classes page

The Data Classes page serves as a central location to manage data classes across your Collibra environment.

Users with the required permissions, such as data stewards, can open this page by going to Stewardship and clicking Data Classification → Data Classes. They can use the page to monitor classification coverage and ensure data classes align with your business asset model.

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No.

Name

Description

number one

Add button

 Allows you to add data classes.

number two

Import button Allows you to import out-of-the-box data classes.

number three

Delete button

Allows you to delete one or more data classes.
If you delete a data class, you also delete the data classifications for this data class. To keep the data classifications but remove the data class, you can disable the data class.

number four

Edit fields icon

 Allows you to manage the columns shown.
Number five Configuration menu icon Opens options to define the classification thresholds for automatic acceptance and rejection of data classification suggestions.
number six Trim text icon Allows you to view more or less content in one page.

number seven

Table with all data classes. The table contains multiple columns.

Shows all the data classes that exist in your environment.

Click the Preview button that appears when you hover over a data class to view the details of the data class in an extra pane (explained in number 8) and update them.

Note You can't see the Data Categories, Data Attributes, or Data Concepts for which you don't have the View permission.
Data Class
 The data class name.
Enabled
 Indicates whether the data class will be taken into account for data classification. For more information go to About data classes.
Columns Count

The number of columns classified with the data class.
Data Concept
 The name of the associated Data Concept assets.
It connects the data class to your business asset model. For more information, go to Connect data classes to data layers.
Data Attribute
 The name of the associated Data Attribute assets.
It connects the data class to your logical data model.
For more information, go to Connect data classes to data layers.
Data Categories

The name of the associated Data Category assets.
For more information, go to Connect data classes to data categories.
Created By
 The name of the user who created or imported the data class.
Created On

The date the data class was created.
Last Modified By

The name of the user who made the last change.
Last Modified On

The date the data class was last changed.

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Side pane

The data class side pane provides the details of the data class.

To open the side pane, click the Preview button that appears when you hover over a data class.
Data class name, details, and classification rules
 The name of the selected data class.
You can edit the name by clicking the name.
For information on updating the data class details and classification rules, go to configure a data class.
Data Concepts

The list of data concepts that are associated with the data class.
This section is only shown if there are associated data concepts.
Data Attributes

The list of data attributes that are associated with the data class.
This section is only shown if there are associated data attributes.
Columns

The list of columns that are classified with the selected data class. When there are too many columns to show, you can follow a See all link. This opens a search results page with all corresponding columns.
This section is only shown if there are columns with the selected data class.

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Merge button

Allows you to merge 2 or more data classes.

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