Arenadata Catalog

Arenadata Catalog is a tool for organizing data management within Data Governance.

2023

Arenadata Catalog 0.3 Release with Enhanced Glossary Capabilities

DateCatalog announced on June 20, 2023 the release of Arenadata Catalog 0.3, the next version of the data management tool. The Arenadata Catalog software is intended for organizations wishing to implement Data Governance practices, and allows you to solve the problems of managing the company's information assets and maintaining the corporate business glossary in a single interface. The most significant improvements in this version relate to the Glossary module. The updated functionality will allow users to expand the list of term types, develop an attribute register and perform full-text searches.

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In Arenadata Catalog 0.3, the developers significantly expanded the capabilities of the Glossary and added predefined "boxed" types of terms: "business term," "entity," "data attribute," "calculated data attribute" and "indicator." Each type of term has its own set of attributes that users can extend. For the types "entity," "attribute," "calculated attribute" and "indicator," there are special types of "entity-attribute" relationship.

Thanks to the innovations, users will be able to add their own types of terms, and a special constructor will help manage the set of attributes, their order and the obligation to fill in.

In the attribute register, they are fully managed: specifying validation, filling instructions, selecting the number of values, and specifying the default value. Maintaining such a registry allows you to reuse attributes in different types of terms.

Thanks to the functionality of importing data into Glossary, the introduction of software into commercial operation is accelerated, the functionality allows not only to create terms, but also to update existing ones.

This version of Arenadata Catalog implements full-text Glossary search: it can be used to find both data catalog objects and objects of the Glossary itself. Users can also subscribe to Glossary objects such as "terms," "subject areas," and "glossaries," which will allow you to track changes that occur in metadata catalog objects through notifications.

The developers have added a user task management interface. For the administrator, it is available to monitor the execution dates, search for tasks without a performer and the ability to delegate the task to other users if the person responsible for coordination is not available.

In addition to the following, in Arenadata Catalog 0.3:

• revised; adapter Greenplum
• a connector for Luxms BI is enabled with the ability to create an automatic Data Lineage before the column of the data source table;
• blocking the publication of terms if it is impossible to determine those responsible for user coordination;
• It is possible to add the status of the task due date: "At risk," "Expired," "Norm";
• added an updated algorithm for generating the name of user tasks. User tasks now contain: "Task Type," "Event Type," "Term Name";
• for terms, a link with a link type is available.

This is an expected release both among our customers already implementing Arenadata Catalog and among companies conducting pilot projects. The main functionality of Arenadata Catalog 0.3 is focused on building a comprehensive and flexible conceptual data model that allows business and IT to build a single "Glossary" for communication and description of data. We see the demand for this functionality among customers and the need for flexible support from us for various options for implementing data management processes in companies, commented Ivan Novosyolov, CEO of DataCatalog.

Very often we heard from customers wishes to customize the "Glossary" for their special requirements. Moreover, even at the stage of the birth of Arenadata Catalog, we drew attention to the rather scarce capabilities of the tools on the market for setting objects and the composition of the attributes of the Glossary. And in most Open Source tools they are completely absent. Therefore, we decided to make this functionality one of the main features of Arenadata Catalog and worked for a long time to ensure its maximum versatility and convenience. Now users will be able to create attributes of various types, ranging from standard "string," "number" to such specific ones as "calculation formula," "logical value," noted Rasil Saifullin, owner of Arenadata Catalog, DataCatalog company.

We add that for each attribute you can specify different settings for valid values, prompts and instructions for filling. This makes it possible to flexibly implement almost any requirements for the creation of the Glossary, taking into account the individual aspects and nuances of each industry. With extensive options for setting tolerances, you can reduce errors and improve the accuracy of information management, increasing the trust and frequency of use of the tool among business users.

Arenadata Catalog Capabilities

According to information for March 2023, Arenadata Catalog allows:

• Integrate metadata from different data processing and analysis systems
• Search for data and collaborate with metadata
• maintain an enterprise business glossary and ensure its integration with the data catalog.

Arenadata Catalog is based on open source technologies, fully adapted for use in Russian commercial and government organizations, and includes the Unified Register of Russian Software.

2022

In 2022, Arenadata, a supplier of the big data management platform and Luxms Group of Companies, a supplier of BI and ETL systems (Luxms BI and Luxms Data Boring), joined forces to ensure the efficient use of data by Russian companies and organizations in their activities.

The joint venture Datakatalog"" creates a product to support processes Data Governance - Arenadata Catalog.

The basis of the company's strategy is the creation of an open source software product for the needs of the largest companies in Russia implementing Data Governance approaches:

• support for metadata integration, including Russian and open-source software
• architecture based on open metadata exchange standards
• focus on user experience and usability
• automatic detection of data subject to regulation in Russia (TIN, addresses, etc.)