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Concepts → Certification

The Data Certification feature in Incorta's Data Catalog enables Data Governors to mark specific data assets as verified and reliable. Certification provides a visual indicator to all users that the data asset has been reviewed and approved for use.

Purpose

  • Establish a formal certification process for data assets
  • Create a distinction between validated and unvalidated datasets
  • Promote trusted data sources within the organization

Certification Scope

Certification can be applied to:

  • Individual views within business schemas
  • Entire business schemas (which contains multiple views)
  • Individual tables/objects within physical schemas
  • Entire physical schemas (which contains multiple objects)
Important

Certifying a physical or business schema automatically cascades the certification status to all tables and views within it, and decertifying a schema will decertify all of its child objects.

User Roles and Permissions

Only users with the Data Governor role have permission to certify data assets. This restriction ensures that certification remains a controlled process managed by designated data governance personnel.

Certification Process

Certifying an Individual Object

Here are the steps to certify a business view as an example.

  1. Navigate to the Data Catalog section in the navigation bar.
  2. Select Explore to browse available data assets.
  3. Filter by Type: Business Schema to locate relevant schemas.
  4. Select a business schema.
  5. Navigate to the Tables tab to see available views.
  6. Select a specific view to certify.
  7. Select the Information icon (ⓘ) in the top-right corner of the page.
  8. Select the Certify button.
  9. The view will now display a certification badge (🏅) next to its name.
Note

As a Data Governor, you can also certify schemas and objects directly within their respective tools. This includes:

Viewing Certification Status

  • Certified assets display a certification badge (🏅) in list views and detail pages of the Data Catalog.
  • The information panel for any asset shows its certification status

Finding Certified Assets

  1. Navigate to the Data Catalog > Explore section
  2. Use the Certified filter button to show only certified assets
  3. Browse the filtered results to find trusted data assets