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19.7 Catalog & Governance

1. Catalog role​

The catalog is the discovery and governance layer for enterprise assets.

SAP documentation describes catalog assets as data or analytic objects made available for discovery, evaluation and use.

2. Product lifecycle​

Create
 |
Document
 |
Classify
 |
Profile
 |
Govern
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Publish
 |
Discover
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Consume
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Measure
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Retire

3. Data product governance​

For every product define:

  • owner,
  • steward,
  • classification,
  • quality,
  • lineage,
  • access policy,
  • certification,
  • consumers,
  • lifecycle.

4. Discovery versus authorization​

Finding a data product does not automatically mean the user can install or consume it.

Separate:

  • discoverability,
  • eligibility,
  • authorization,
  • installation,
  • data access.

5. Architect exercise​

Design governance for 500 data products.

Define:

  • certification levels,
  • ownership,
  • naming,
  • quality thresholds,
  • access approval,
  • deprecation policy.