Data governance is a broad area, and Atlas is used for various purposes including self-service discovery, lineage, root cause analysis, impact analysis, and capturing all the metadata.
Senior Data Engineer at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees
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2024-11-19T13:22:52Z
Nov 19, 2024
We use Atlan as a data discovery tool for data assets in our organization. It is particularly valuable for its ability to serve as a business glossary and a metrics glossary. Additionally, it helps in lineage tracking to find data sources and overall dataset schema and is used extensively for data quality checks.
Its core offering is a data catalog. However, it goes beyond that. We are building a hub of knowledge, encompassing business and data knowledge across the entire company. The idea is that any employees or new hires needing onboarding can use it to understand the data they'll be working with, the data sources in the company, and the business knowledge of their field.
Atlan is a comprehensive data management platform designed to enhance data democratization, governance, and collaboration across departments in organizations. It offers a centralized data catalog, intuitive user interface, and robust governance framework to ensure data security and compliance. Users appreciate its efficiency in streamlining processes, promoting better communication, and providing insightful analytics, which drive organizational growth and success.
Data governance is a broad area, and Atlas is used for various purposes including self-service discovery, lineage, root cause analysis, impact analysis, and capturing all the metadata.
We use Atlan as a data discovery tool for data assets in our organization. It is particularly valuable for its ability to serve as a business glossary and a metrics glossary. Additionally, it helps in lineage tracking to find data sources and overall dataset schema and is used extensively for data quality checks.
In my role focused on data governance, Atlan is crucial for cataloging and managing assets from various sources like SAP into our company's data lake.
Its core offering is a data catalog. However, it goes beyond that. We are building a hub of knowledge, encompassing business and data knowledge across the entire company. The idea is that any employees or new hires needing onboarding can use it to understand the data they'll be working with, the data sources in the company, and the business knowledge of their field.