## What are asset profiles?

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/product/capabilities/discovery/concepts/what-are-asset-profiles

> Learn about what are asset profiles?.

Every asset in Atlan has its own asset profile, which consists of all the information available for that particular asset. After you've discovered an asset, click to open the asset profile. This view gives you all the context you need about the asset.

## Components of an asset profile

### Overview

This section displays important details about the asset:

- Technical name and [alias](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/add-an-alias/llms.txt), if added
- Number of rows and columns
- Connections
- [Description](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/add-descriptions/llms.txt) of the asset
- [Certification status](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/add-certificates/llms.txt) (verified, draft, or deprecated)
- [Owner](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/add-owners/llms.txt) of the asset
- [Lineage](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/lineage/what-is-lineage/llms.txt) view
- Related assets

For table profiles, you can also view the _Columns_ tab. This tab allows you to update the metadata for your columns directly from the asset profile.

### Lineage

_Lineage_ offers a visual representation of the sources and transformations of your asset. You can also [download lineage](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/lineage/download-and-export-lineage/llms.txt) in a CSV file or as an image from here.

### Related assets

_Related assets_ displays all the assets that have associations with each other beyond a parent-child relationship. For example, a Microsoft Power BI workspace will generally have reports, datasets, dashboards, and dataflows, all of which are related to each other.

Related assets are additionally listed in the _Relations_ tab of the asset sidebar.

### Column preview

_Column preview_ offers a snapshot of all the columns in a data table, including the column name, data type, and description.

This will change to _Field preview_ in the asset profile and _Fields_ tab in the asset sidebar for certain asset types - including but not limited to data source fields and calculated fields for Tableau data sources, columns for Microsoft Power BI tables, fields for Looker explores and views, and more.

You can also [export child assets](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/integrations/export-assets/llms.txt) such as columns or fields from the parent asset profile.

### Sample data

_Sample data_ shows the sample data for an asset. This helps users understand what kind of data is included in the asset and allows them to copy or export this data.

Connection admins can also enforce users to [validate their credentials](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/provide-credentials-to-view-sample-data/llms.txt) before viewing sample data, helping you enforce better governance across your organization.

### Linked queries

_Linked queries_ displays any [saved queries](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/insights/save-and-share-queries/llms.txt) autolinked to the asset when queried or referenced in the SQL query. This helps users quickly find the saved queries for additional context or [launch the query in Data Exploration](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/insights/query-data/llms.txt) directly from the asset profile.

From the _Linked queries_ tab:

- View all saved queries linked to the asset, along with a total count of such queries.
- Hover over a linked query to:
 - View the total number of query runs in the last 30 days in a popover.
 - Click the play icon to run the query in Data Exploration.
 - Click the open asset sidebar icon to view details about the query in the sidebar.
- Click the 3-dot icon to view any additional linked queries.

If you do not have access to query data in Atlan, the linked queries will be displayed with a [lock icon](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/access-control/what-happens-when-users-do-not-have-access-to-metadata/llms.txt).

### README

[_Readme_](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/integrations/llms.txt) provides contextual information about the asset. It's a great place to crowdsource all the tribal knowledge and context that different users might have about the data asset.

### Asset profile header

This section helps you perform quick actions. From the top right of the asset profile:

- Click the user avatars to view a list of recently visited users, total views on your asset, total number of unique visitors, and total views by user.
 - Use the days filter to filter asset views and user activity in the last 7, 30, and 90 days.
 - This feature is turned on by default - admins can [turn off user activity](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/administration/disable-user-activity/llms.txt).
- Click the star button to [star your asset](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/star-assets/llms.txt) and bookmark it for easy access.
- Expand the _Query_ dropdown to view sample data or [query the asset](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/insights/query-data/llms.txt) in Data Exploration.
- Click the clipboard icon to copy the link for your asset.
- Click the **Slack** or **Teams** icon to post on a [Slack](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/integrations/integrate-slack/llms.txt) or [Microsoft Teams](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/integrations/integrate-microsoft-teams/llms.txt) channel.
- Click the 3-dot icon to [add an announcement](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/integrations/create-announcements/llms.txt) or a [resource](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/add-a-resource/llms.txt) to your asset.

### Asset sidebar

The sidebar to the right of the asset profile provides high-level information about the asset. Here's what you can view:

- **Overview** offers a preview of the key characteristics of the asset, including linked [domains](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/domains/organize-assets/llms.txt) and [policies](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/stewardship/create-policies/llms.txt).
- **Columns** displays a list of columns in an asset, along with a search bar for quick search.
- **Relations** shows a list of all the related assets.
- **Usage** displays [usage metadata](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/usage-and-popularity/interpret-usage-metrics/llms.txt) for your Snowflake and Google BigQuery assets.
- **Lineage** shows the upstream sources and downstream transformations for the asset.
- **Fact-Dim Relations** displays foreign-key relationships between fact and dimension tables. [Fact-dimension relationships](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/types/table/llms.txt) between assets can currently only be defined and published via API.
- **Activity** serves as a [changelog for the asset](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/discovery/faq/llms.txt).
- **Resources** are links to internal or external URLs that help your team understand the asset.
- **Queries** shows all the saved queries for the asset.
- **Requests** for an asset can be filtered by their status, such as _Pending_, _Approved_, and _Rejected_.
- **Properties** shows the unique identification number of the asset and other essential properties.
- **Integrations** show Slack messages and Jira tickets pertaining to the asset.
- [Custom metadata](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/custom-metadata/what-is-custom-metadata/llms.txt) tabs display custom metadata properties of the asset, if enabled.

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