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dScribe Data

A clear introduction in case you're new to dScribe

What is dScribe Data?

Step-by-step playbook for Power BI data cataloging

dScribe Data Onboarding Playbook For Power BI

Make your catalog information available in-context, without users having to leave their reports

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Getting Started

Easily find reports, data and knowledge via the global search bar

Search

Learn how to create and share custom views on the search page

Custom views on the search page

Followed assets

A curated marketplace of ready-to-consume data, built around your use cases

Data products

Data Discovery

Creating assets

Help users access the most up-to-date and reliable content via the validation status

Validation status

Restrict discovery

Contributing to the documentation of assets in dScribe

Editing assets

Update multiple assets at once via the search page

Bulk actions

Assign ownership to your assets to facilitate collaboration and enable the suggestions mechanism

Ownership & suggestions

 Learn how to create, document and collaborate on assets

Contribution & Governance

Define the lifecycle, SLAs and quality rules on your critical data

Data Contracts

Define, execute and follow-up on data quality rules

Data Quality

Guarantee accurate and reliable data across your organization

Data Contracts & Quality

Track changes and reach the right people on any asset

Activity

Translate your assets in multiple languages

Translations

Set up workflows so users can request access to reports and datasets via the catalog

Access Request workflows

Connect assets and trace data lineage across your catalog

Relations

Other capabilities that might come in handy

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How to install the dScribe Data extension in Chrome or Edge

Browser Extension - installation guide

 How to set up and customize your dScribe Catalog tenant

Admin Portal

Connect dScribe to your data tools to catalog reports and datasets automatically.

Managing sources

Power BI connector

Tableau connector

Integrating with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

SAP Analytics Cloud connector

Databricks connector

Setting up a connection with Google BigQuery

Google BigQuery connector

Azure Synapse connector

SQL Server connector

Snowflake connector

Setting up a connection with Google Drive

Google Drive connector

Setting up a connection with Microsoft Sharepoint

Sharepoint connector

SAP BusinessObjects (Deprecated connector)

Setting up a connection with SAP Business Warehouse (BW)

SAP BW/4HANA (Deprecated connector)

Learn how to create a custom connector for any source

Building a custom connector

Get an access token and start using the dScribe Catalog API

Getting Started with the API - Authentication

Set up out of the box connectors or build your own

Integrations

Customizing asset types, including custom properties and additional capabilities

Asset Types

These can include custom classifications, stakeholders and extra documentation fields

Custom Properties

No-code rules that classify, assign owners, and restrict discovery automatically

Automations

Customization

Set up users, organize them into teams, and connect your identity provider

User management

Configure who can discover, contribute to, and customize your catalog

Access Policies

Setting up Single Sign-On (SSO) integration between dScribe and your Identity Provider

Enterprise Authentication

Authentication & permissions

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