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Custom Metadata for Enhanced Asset & Monitor Context
22 days ago by Mahdi Karabiben
We're excited to announce the release of Custom Metadata, a powerful new way to add rich, contextual information to your assets, monitors, and other entities within Sifflet! This feature allows you to define and apply your own key-value pairs, tailoring Sifflet to your specific organizational needs and workflows.
Key New Functionalities:
- Define Custom Metadata Attributes:
- Create custom metadata fields with a specific Key (e.g., "Data Owner," "Project ID," "Sensitivity Level").
- Choose from new Value Types for your metadata:
- User: Assign Sifflet users.
- String: Add free-text values.
- Label: Select from a predefined list of options.
- Specify which Asset Types (Datasets, BI Assets, Pipelines, Declarative Assets, Monitors) each custom metadata attribute can apply to.
- Configure if an attribute can be used for filtering and if it supports multiple values.
- Apply Metadata to Assets (individually or at scale): Add or update custom metadata values directly in the "Details" section of an asset's "Overview" tab, or at scale by leveraging the Bulk Actions in the Catalog or Monitors page.
- Filter by Custom Metadata: If configured, use your custom metadata attributes to filter assets in the Catalog and Monitors pages for improved discoverability.
Why it Matters:
- Deeper Context: Go beyond simple tags to add specific, meaningful information to your Sifflet entities.
- Improved Organization & Discoverability: Structure and find your assets more effectively using your own defined criteria.
- Enhanced Governance: Track ownership, sensitivity, compliance status, and other critical governance information directly on assets.
- Streamlined Workflows: Easily identify and manage assets related to specific projects, teams, or business units.
- Customized Monitoring at Scale (Coming Soon): Leverage custom metadata to define monitoring strategies at scale based on your own criteria. (e.g., automatically creating Freshness Monitors for all tables that are part of a given project.)
Custom Metadata within the asset page
To learn more about setting up and using Custom Metadata, check out our documentation page. We look forward to your feedback as we continue to enhance this feature!
App version: v497