DataWorks:Configuration management

Access configuration management

1. Log on to the DataWorks console. In the target region, click Data Governance > Data Map in the left-side navigation pane. On the page that appears, click Go to Data Map.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Configuration Management and select a configuration item.

Manage categories

You can use the Manage Categories feature to efficiently organize and manage tables by category. After you configure categories, you can filter tables by category when you search for them. You can also add specific tables to your favorites for quick access. The category configurations apply to all workspace members in the current Alibaba Cloud region.

1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Configuration Management > Manage Categories to go to the Manage Categories page.

2. Create a category.

   In the Manage Categories section, click the + icon next to a category to create a subcategory.

   

   Note

   You can create up to four levels of categories. After a category is created, you can delete or modify it.

3. Manage tables in a category.

   Click Quick Add and follow the on-screen instructions to add tables to the current category. The added tables are displayed in the right-side section. You can also remove added tables from the current category.

   Note

   The Quick Add feature is available only in leaf categories. After you add a table to a leaf category, you can filter the table by the leaf category or its parent category.

Manage workspaces

1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Manage Configurations > Manage Workspaces to go to the workspace configuration page.

2. In the Workspaces (I am owner or administrator) section, select a workspace to configure. Then, configure the permission control switches in the Workspace Status section.

   

   • Manage Metadata: Specifies whether to display the metadata of the current project in Data Map.

   • Data Preview Supported: Specifies whether tables in the project can be previewed by tenant members, even if they have not been granted data access permissions.

   • Allow Only Project Members to View Project Tables: Specifies the default visibility of newly created tables in the project, that is, whether the tables are visible only to project members by default.

   Note

   The Manage Metadata and Allow Only Project Members to View Project Tables switches are displayed only when you have the corresponding data security control capabilities. If you do not have the capabilities, only the Preview Data switch is displayed for the workspace. Changes to the switches take effect in near real time.

Custom attribute configuration

On the Configuration Management page, you can configure custom attributes to extend business metadata information (such as data security level, data domain, and owner) for workspaces and datasets. Custom attributes support attribute inheritance, which allows attribute values at the workspace level to be automatically propagated to associated datasets.

For detailed instructions on creating and managing custom attributes, see Custom attributes.

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