Organize assets

Who can do this?

Any non-guest user with edit access to an asset's metadata can add assets to domains. This only includes admin and member users. Domain policies currently don't have any impact outside the products module.

You can map and organize your assets into domains and subdomains. Domains provide you with a logical structure to group and govern your assets that aligns with business needs and ensures a curated discovery experience.

To add assets to a domain, note the following:

• You can link assets to domains irrespective of whether or not you use data products.
• You can only add assets to any one specific domain or subdomain. Assets may be used across multiple domains, but can only belong to one domain or subdomain.
• You can filter assets by a single domain, multiple domains, or no domains.
• Atlan currently doesn't support adding glossaries, categories, and terms directly to domains. To use glossary hierarchy with your domains, you can create data products within those domains and then:
  • Add terms to each data product from the product profile.
  • Use the Glossary, terms, & categories filter when you add assets to a data product using rules to work with your glossary and category hierarchy.
• Atlan currently doesn't support raising a request to add assets to domains.
• Admin users can bulk add assets to domains using playbooks.

Add an asset to a domain

Did you know?

You can also set up playbooks to bulk add assets to your domains and subdomains. You need to be an admin user in Atlan to create playbooks.

To add an asset to a domain, complete the following steps.

To add an asset to a domain:

1. From the left menu of any screen in Atlan, click Assets.
2. On the Assets page, click an asset to open the asset sidebar.
3. In the Overview sidebar, under Domains, click Add to domain.
4. In the popup, check the boxes to select the domain or subdomain to which you want to add the asset. You can only select any one parent domain or nested subdomain.
5. To view details for the linked domain or subdomain, hover over it to open a popover, including the user that added the domain. You can also:
   • Click View domain to view the domain profile from the governance center.
     • If the products module is turned off, you need to be an admin user in Atlan to view the domain.
     • If the products module is turned on, domain policies determine whether you can view the domain.
   • Click the unlink icon to remove the asset from the linked domain.
6. To change to a different domain or remove the domain from the asset, click the pencil icon.
7. To filter assets by domains, in the Filters menu on the left, click Domains:
   • Check the boxes to select one or more domains or subdomains to filter your assets.
   • Click No domains to filter assets not mapped to any domain.

Did you know?

To programmatically add assets to a domain or remove them from a linked domain, refer to the developer documentation.