Technical lineage browser

Important Use the following options to see the documentation for the latest or classic technical lineage viewer UI: Latest technical lineage viewer UI Classic technical lineage viewer UI

The Browse tab allows you to navigate to and search for a specific data object within the technical lineage tree.

The Browse pane allows you to navigate to and search for a specific data object within the technical lineage tree. Click the button on the toolbar to open or close the Browse pane.

No	Name	Description
	Search	A search field that you can use to find a specific data object. You can enter a data object name to search for a data object. The technical lineage viewer performs a case-insensitive substring search. This means it returns any entry that contains the keyword, regardless of capitalization or position in the text. Example When you search for `dashboard`, the following results might return: my-dashboard dashboards-for-work DaSHboard abcDashboardefg DASHBOARDabc
	Navigation tree	A navigation tree in which you can search for specific data objects and visualize them in your technical lineage. The data objects are grouped by node type and have the following structure: system (if applicable) > database > schema > table > column. Note The list of data objects contains all systems, databases, schemas, tables and columns that were collected from the data sources by Collibra Data Lineage. If available, it also shows the technical lineage of BI sources, for example Power BI and Looker. In that case, the structure follows the existing structure in the BI source metadata. The UNUSED branch contains data objects that were detected by Collibra Data Lineage, but are not included in any Technical lineage. Databases appearing under DEFAULT usually indicate a system name configuration issue. For more information, go to Understanding the Collibra system name setting.
	View status	The button to show the Status pane. The Status pane contains the following tab panes: The Sources tab pane. Use this tab pane to check the status of technical lineage sources and transformation results. The Stitching tab pane. Use this tab page to check the stitching results.

Name

Description

A search field that you can use to find a specific data object.

You can enter a data object name to search for a data object. The technical lineage viewer performs a case-insensitive substring search. This means it returns any entry that contains the keyword, regardless of capitalization or position in the text.

Example
When you search for dashboard, the following results might return:

my-dashboard
dashboards-for-work
DaSHboard
abcDashboardefg
DASHBOARDabc

Navigation tree

A navigation tree in which you can search for specific data objects and visualize them in your technical lineage. The data objects are grouped by node type and have the following structure: system (if applicable) > database > schema > table > column.

Note

The list of data objects contains all systems, databases, schemas, tables and columns that were collected from the data sources by Collibra Data Lineage. If available, it also shows the technical lineage of BI sources, for example Power BI and Looker. In that case, the structure follows the existing structure in the BI source metadata.
The UNUSED branch contains data objects that were detected by Collibra Data Lineage, but are not included in any Technical lineage.
Databases appearing under DEFAULT usually indicate a system name configuration issue. For more information, go to Understanding the Collibra system name setting.

View status

The button to show the Status pane.

The Status pane contains the following tab panes:

The Sources tab pane. Use this tab pane to check the status of technical lineage sources and transformation results.
The Stitching tab pane. Use this tab page to check the stitching results.

No	Name	Description
	Search	A search field that you can use to find a specific data object. Enter the name of a database, schema, table, or column. Searching for a system name is not supported. When you hover over the search field, a tool tip is displayed, which shows the available search methods: To search for a schema, table, or column with a specific name, enter `<nodetype>:<name>`, where `<nodetype>` is the node type, which can be schema, table, or column, and `<name>` is the respective schema name, table name, or column name. Searching for a specific system or database is not supported. For hierarchical searches, enter two or more combinations of `<nodetype>:<name>` separated by a space. For example, you can search by using the following combinations: `database:<dbname> schema:<schemaname>` `database:<dbname> table:<tablename>` `database:<dbname> schema:<schemaname> table:<tablename> column:<columnname>` For a detailed list of node types that you can search in your technical lineage, see the tool tip. You can use abbreviations for search terms, for example `s` for schema or `proc` and `p` for procedure. For details, see the tool tip. You can use % as a wildcard.
	All data objects	A link to the complete technical lineage, showing all data objects in your data sources.
	Navigation tree	A navigation tree in which you can search for specific data objects and visualize them in your technical lineage. The data objects are grouped by node type and have the following structure: system (if applicable) > database > schema > table > column. Note The list of data objects contains all systems, databases, schemas, tables and columns that were collected from the data sources by Collibra Data Lineage. If available, it also shows the technical lineage of BI sources, for example Power BI and Looker. In that case, the structure follows the existing structure in the BI source metadata. Note The UNUSED branch contains data objects that were detected by Collibra Data Lineage, but are not included in any Technical lineage. Search is not supported in the UNUSED section. If you search for a data object in the UNUSED section, the No object found message is shown. Databases appearing under DEFAULT usually indicate a system name configuration issue. For more information, go to Understanding the Collibra system name setting.
	Stats	Statistics that show which information is or is not visualized in the technical lineage. The statistics contain the following data: Tables: the amount of tables that are shown in the technical lineage. Views: the amount of views that are shown in the technical lineage. Unused tables: the amount of tables in your data source that are not shown in the technical lineage. Tip This metric is hidden when there are no unused tables. Unused views: the amount of views in your data source that are not shown in the technical lineage. Tip This metric is hidden when there are no unused views. Done: the amount of queries that were processed successfully. Parsing errors: the amount of queries with invalid or unidentified syntax. Analyze errors: the amount of columns that are not linked to a table.

Understanding the Collibra system name setting

The Collibra system name setting, configured when you enable technical lineage via Edge, determines how databases are organized in the Browse panetab. You configure the system name in the technical lineage capability.

The following table shows how databases appear in the navigation tree based on the Collibra system name setting.

Setting	Configuration	Result in Browse panetab
False	N/A	All databases are grouped directly under the DATABASE node.
True	Correctly configured	Databases are grouped by their specific System Name.
True	Incorrect configured or missing	Databases are grouped under a DEFAULT node.

What DEFAULT means

DEFAULT appears when Collibra Data Lineage cannot map a database to a system name. This can occur when:

The Collibra System Name field in the technical lineage capability is blank.
For BI or ETL tools, the mapping is incomplete in the source configuration.
The configured system name does not match the actual system name in your data source.

As a result, you may see some databases correctly organized under their system name while others are grouped under DEFAULT within the same technical lineage.

How to prevent databases from appearing under DEFAULT

To ensure that databases are grouped under their correct system name in the Browse pane, verify the following configuration:

Ensure that the Collibra System Name field in the technical lineage capability is set to the correct system name.

For BI and ETL tools, ensure that the source configuration includes a correct mapping.