Data Asset
User Guide — Searching All Your Metadata in One Place
| Last updated: September 2026
Contents
- Overview
- Key Concept: One Search, Four Kinds of Asset
- Finding Your Way Around
- Running a Search
- Understanding the Results
- Viewing Full Detail
- Jumping to Lineage
- Quick Reference
1. Overview
The Data Asset page is a single search screen that looks across all the metadata in your OnCoor environment at once. Instead of opening the Glossary, then the Dictionary, then the Catalog, and so on to find what you need, you type what you're looking for here and OnCoor searches every one of those areas together and shows the matches side by side.
Think of it as the search box for your whole governance environment. It doesn't change any of your data — it only helps you find things and see how they connect.
What you can do here
- Search everything at once — glossary terms, dictionary attributes, catalog tables, and transformations — from one box.
- Narrow the search to just the kinds of asset you care about.
- See the key facts about each match right in the results list.
- Open full detail on any result, including its data-quality scores and how it relates to other assets.
- Jump straight to lineage for a catalog item to see where its data comes from and goes.
WHERE TO FIND IT — The Data Asset page lives under Governance → Data Asset. It opens with an empty search box, ready for you to type.
2. Key Concept: One Search, Four Kinds of Asset
OnCoor keeps information about your data in four different places, and the Data Asset search covers all of them. Knowing what each one holds helps you understand your results.
| Asset type | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Glossary | Business terms — the plain-language names your organisation uses for things, with their definitions. |
| Dictionary | Data attributes — the individual fields (columns) that make up your data, with their technical details. |
| Catalog | Catalogued tables — the actual tables of data that have been catalogued in OnCoor. |
| Transformation | Transformation maps — the rules that move and reshape data from a source to a target. |
A single search runs across whichever of these four you've chosen, and the results are grouped by type so you can tell at a glance what kind of thing each match is.
THE SEARCH ONLY FINDS — IT DOESN'T CHANGE — Everything on this page is read-only. Searching, filtering, and opening details never edits your terms, attributes, tables, or transformations. It's a safe place to explore.
3. Finding Your Way Around
Go to Governance → Data Asset. The screen is split into two halves:
- On the left — the search box at the top, the "I'm Looking for:" filter chips just below it, and then the results list that fills up when you search.
- On the right — the detail panel, which stays empty until you click a result. When you do, it shows everything OnCoor knows about that one item.
The rest of this guide walks through each part in the order you'll use them.
4. Running a Search
Steps
- Type what you're looking for in the search box at the top left. This can be part of a term name, an attribute name, a table name, and so on.
- Choose which kinds of asset to search using the filter chips (see below).
- Start the search — either press Enter or click the magnifier icon in the search box.
- The matching results appear in the list on the left, grouped by asset type.
To start over, click the X in the search box to clear the text, then type something new.
The "I'm Looking for:" filter chips
The row of chips under the search box decides which of the four asset types your search covers. A chip that's filled in is switched on; a chip that's outlined is switched off.
| Chip | What it does |
|---|---|
| All | Switches every type on (or, if they're all on, off). A quick way to search everything at once. |
| Glossary | Includes business terms in the search. |
| Dictionary | Includes data attributes in the search. |
| Catalog | Includes catalogued tables in the search. |
| Transformation | Includes transformation maps in the search. |
Each chip also shows a count in brackets — for example, Glossary (5) — telling you how many matches of that type your last search found.
PICK YOUR CHIPS BEFORE YOU SEARCH — Only the asset types that are switched on are searched, and only those appear in the results. If you're hunting for a specific table, switching off the types you don't need keeps the results list short and focused. Leave All on when you're not sure where something lives.
5. Understanding the Results
Results appear as cards in the list on the left, one card per match, grouped by asset type. Each card shows the most useful facts up front so you can often find what you need without opening anything further. Click any card to load its full detail on the right (see the next section).
Glossary results (business terms)
Each glossary card shows:
- The term name.
- Its category and classification.
- The definition.
- Any related dictionary attributes, each with its attribute name and column.
Dictionary results (data attributes)
Each dictionary card shows:
- The attribute name.
- Its description.
- A data-quality scorecard percentage.
- The column the attribute maps to.
Catalog results (catalogued tables)
Each catalog card shows:
- The catalog name.
- The data server it belongs to and the table name.
- The number of columns in the table.
- A lineage link icon in the top-right corner — see Jumping to Lineage.
Transformation results (transformation maps)
Each transformation card shows:
- The map name.
- The source table the data comes from.
- The target table the data goes to, and the dataset involved.
6. Viewing Full Detail
Click any result card and the detail panel on the right fills in with everything OnCoor holds about that item. What you see depends on the kind of asset you clicked.
Glossary term detail
| Detail | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Term name and synonyms | The term, and any other names it's known by. |
| Definition | The full plain-language meaning. |
| Category and Classification | How the term is grouped and classified. |
| Related Terms | Other glossary terms connected to this one. |
| Related Data Dictionary | The dictionary attributes linked to this term. |
| Data Steward | The person responsible for the term (shown as a dash if none is set). |
Dictionary attribute detail
| Detail | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Attribute name and description | What the attribute is and what it means. |
| Column | The column the attribute maps to. |
| Data Type | The technical shape of the data — type, length, precision, scale, and whether it can be left empty (Nullable) or must always have a value (NotNull). |
| Data Quality | The attribute's overall quality scorecard percentage. |
| Quality Rules | Each quality rule applied to the attribute, with the dimension it checks and its own scorecard percentage. |
Catalog table detail
| Detail | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Catalog name | The name of the catalogued table, with a lineage link (see the next section). |
| Data server and table | Where the table lives and its table name. |
| Number of Columns | How many columns the table has. |
| Download Sample | A button to download a sample of the table's data. |
| Data Quality | Whether data-quality checking is switched on for this table. |
| Record Count | How many records the table holds. |
Transformation map detail
| Detail | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Map name and dataset | The transformation and the dataset it works on. |
| Source | The table the data is taken from. |
| Target | The table the data is written to. |
ONE DETAIL AT A TIME — The detail panel always shows the item you clicked most recently. Click a different card to switch to it — you won't lose your search results by doing so.
7. Jumping to Lineage
Catalog results include a lineage link — a small icon in the top-right corner of each catalog card (and in the catalog detail panel).
Clicking it takes you straight to the Catalog lineage view for that table, where you can see where the table's data comes from and where it flows to downstream. It's the quickest way to go from "I found the table" to "I understand how it fits into the bigger picture".
LINEAGE IS FOR CATALOG ITEMS — The lineage link appears on catalogued tables because lineage traces how data moves between tables. Glossary terms, dictionary attributes, and transformations don't have their own lineage link on this page.
8. Quick Reference
A fast lookup for the most common actions.
| I want to… | Do this |
|---|---|
| Open the search | Governance → Data Asset |
| Search everything at once | Leave the All chip on, type your text, press Enter |
| Search only one kind of asset | Switch off the chips you don't need, leaving only the one you want |
| See how many matches of each type I got | Read the count in brackets on each chip, e.g. Catalog (3) |
| Clear the search box | Click the X in the search box |
| See full detail on a result | Click its card — the detail opens on the right |
| Check an attribute's data quality | Open a Dictionary result → look at Data Quality and Quality Rules |
| See a table's columns and record count | Open a Catalog result → read Number of Columns and Record Count |
| Download a sample of a table | Open a Catalog result → click Download Sample |
| See where a table's data comes from | Click the lineage link on a Catalog result |
| Find which source and target a transformation uses | Open a Transformation result → read Source and Target |
Source: OnCoor Governance product documentation, written for end users. For the latest screens and options, always refer to the in-app interface.