Generate Metadata (Sifflet AI Assistant)

Overview

Sifflet AI Assistant leverages machine learning to automatically generate classification tags and descriptions recommendations for your Tables & Views assets' and asset columns, therefore simplifying the enrichment of your data catalog.

Classification tags suggestions help you categorize your Tables & Views assets' columns in a more accurate and comprehensive manner.

Descriptions suggestions allow you to enrich your data assets documentation and ensure your teams quickly understand the purpose, structure, and key attributes of data assets, making your data more accessible and actionable.

Generate Metadata

Sifflet AI Assistant suggestions are available for all your Tables & Views assets and assets' fields. Suggestions are only available for the latest version of the schema in case multiple schema versions are available on Sifflet for your data asset. Sifflet AI Assistant only generates descriptions suggestions if no Sifflet description currently exists on your asset/field. Classification tags suggestions are only available at the field level.

To generate classification tags and descriptions suggestions for a given asset:

• Go to your asset page
• Click the Generate metadata button

• Wait for a few minutes
• Review suggestions asset and field-level suggestions

Note: As this feature is currently in BETA, Sifflet AI Assistant suggestions can be generated on only 5 assets simultaneously. This limitation will be lifted in the future.

Validate a Suggestion

To validate a suggestion and therefore add the suggested classification tag or description to your field, click the Add button of the suggestion tile.

Edit a Suggestion

To edit a description suggestion, click the Edit button (pencil icon) of the suggestion tile.

You can then modify the suggested description as needed and click on the Save and add button to add the modified description to your field or click the Cancel button to cancel your modifications.

Dismiss a Suggestion

To dismiss a suggestion and therefore not add the suggested classification tag or description to your field, click the Dismiss button of the suggestion tile.

Regenerate Metadata

In case of changes on your data assets (e.g. new column, updated column content, etc.), you can click Regenerate metadata to generate new classification tag and/or description suggestions for your asset.

Deactivate Suggestions

The ability to generate metadata for your assets is by default turned on on your account. You can disable it entirely on the Tenant Preferences page of your Sifflet account.