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Discover DataGalaxy, learn key concepts, and take your first steps in the platform.
12 articles
Prepare your governance project
Building a Business Case for Your Data Governance
How to build a data governance use case from three questions (why, what, for whom), with example questions, personas, and a one-page checklist.
Assessing Your Organization's Data Maturity
DataGalaxy's catalog maturity model: two axes (asset and cultural maturity), five levels from anarchy to governance 2.0, how to assess your level with a scored survey, and how to use the results.
Identifying Your Data Governance Use Cases
Why use cases matter for a governance project: defensive versus offensive projects, direct and indirect gains, two ways to demonstrate value, and matching use cases to the organization's maturity.
Role of the Catalog for Data Governance
Why a data catalog is the foundation of data governance: the knowledge challenge, how DataGalaxy answers it with a 360° view built from four questions, and the use cases it supports.
First steps
How to Access Online Help
How to open the DataGalaxy documentation from the application (the ? icon) or from the help portal, and how to reach Support.
Quickstart: Importing Your First Data into Your Catalog
A first-import quickstart: populate the dictionary with a connector or the glossary from a CSV file, describe and link your objects, explore lineage, and share with filtered views and search.
Quickstart: Navigating the Platform for the First Time
A five-minute tour of DataGalaxy's navigation: the top and side bars, object views, the technical/functional toggle, the breadcrumb and the object tools.
Understand the platform
The DataGalaxy Toolkit: Functionalities Overview
A map of DataGalaxy's tools: the connector (online and desktop) to fill the catalog, ways to describe and organize data, search, lineage and filtered views to find it, collaboration tools, and learning resources.
The DataGalaxy Workspace: Modules, Screens & Attributes
The building blocks of DataGalaxy: client space, workspace, modules, the object card versus the screens that display it, attribute types, screen customization, and where to start by role.
Anatomy of Your Catalog: Objects & the Metamodel
Why DataGalaxy has a metamodel, how to link information across modules at the right granularity, how objects are identified by path, and the number and purpose of the objects in each module.