Profile Settings

Roles

There are 7 main types of roles in K. Below is a high level overview of the different types of roles, users and accessible features. Refer to the Role Permissions page for a detailed table of what each role has access to.

K Role name	Types of Users	Accessible K features
Data Worker	Data engineers Data analysts Data scientists	Access to standard K features to explore the data ecosystem and contribute to the Knowledge Centre Inventory page automatically defaults to Category view to enable Data works to explore all data items
Business User	Marketing team members Finance team members Compliance team members	Access to standard K features to explore the data ecosystem and contribute to the Knowledge Centre Inventory page automatically defaults to Catalog view with data items like tables, columns and databases removed.
Data Manager	Data product managers Platform leads Data executives	Data Worker access Plus Insights page with: Ecosystem, Usage, Map, and Platform tabs Ability to create Data Collections Ability to create Teams Ability to link a data item to another data item to update lineage details
Data Governance Manager	Data governance analysts and managers	Data Worker access Plus Access to Data Owners and Data Stewards dashboard Ability to create Data Collections Ability to link a data item to another data item to update lineage details
Data Owner	Users that have been tagged as an Owner of a data asset in K	Data Worker access Plus Insights page with: Ownership tab
Data Steward	Users that have been tagged as a Steward of a data asset in K	No additional access This is a tag to indicate you’ve been assigned as a steward of a data item in K
Administrator	Technology team members that help maintain K	Full access to all features in the platform, including the Platform Settings page

Roles in K can be assigned in two ways

K Platform Roles Assigned - Roles automatically assigned by K based on your AD group membership or manually added by your K Administrator
Additional Roles Assigned - Roles assigned when you are tagged as a Data Owner or Data Steward in K

Teams

Adding the various Teams that you are a member for will help help K will customise the data items you see in your Home Page and Your Data Ecosystem Page.

Search for the Team name that you’d like to be tagged to. If you cannot find your team, you will need to contact a Administrator or Data Manager to request a new Team be created

Linked Accounts

Linking your local accounts that you use to access data items will help K will customise the data items you see in your Home Page and Your Data Ecosystem Page.

You may use different accounts for different sources (databases, platforms and tools). Search for accounts you use (e.g. jdoe1, jdoe@company.com) and link them to you in K. Only accounts from sources integrated with K will appear.

When adding your personal identifiers, do not add system / generic ID’s that may be used by applications or many people.

Be careful to not link Accounts that do not belong to you. You do not want to accidentally claim someone else's Account!

Once an account is linked, only Admin Users have the ability to remove an incorrectly linked account via the Merge page

K Preferences

K currently lets you choose between the default Light Mode or Dark Mode. Have a play and see which you prefer.

We are also in the process of improving our Lineage visualisation map. If you prefer the old view, you can change back to the old view anytime on this page.

K Daily Briefing

K Daily Briefing helps you keep up to date with key updates that occurred within the last 24 hours. These updates are specific to your data ecosystem and K profile.