Ask K is a self-service feature that answers questions about your data ecosystem.
Instead of querying databases or compiling reports manually, data managers, governance users, and administrators can select from pre-built question categories to get instant answers — and schedule those answers to be delivered automatically.
How to use Ask K
Step 1) Ask K is a targeted export query. Using Search and the filters settings, narrow down the search results to the data assets you want to perform the Ask K query on.
Step 2) Refine your Ask K export and then click Generate Export
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Choose your preferred template
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Customise the export configuration
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In the excel export, you can choose to add additional columns, or for the non-mandatory columns, click on the 'x' to remove the column
Step 3) Click Download to save your report. If your report takes a while to load, an automated email will be sent to you when your export is ready to download.
About the different Export Templates
Ask K has 7 question categories, each covering a different area of your data ecosystem:
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Category |
Export Template |
What you can answer |
Applicable to |
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Properties export |
Asset details |
A quick way to easily extract a list of properties about the data assets. The default list of properties include:
Add any additional properties to the export. |
All assets |
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Governance details |
A template with key governance properties included e.g. Owner, Classification, Domain, and Verified User Cases |
Data, content and collection assets |
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Usage exports |
Asset usage summary |
Key usage stats for each asset include number of usage read, writes, modify, run, and download over a specified period |
Data and content assets |
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Asset usage by user |
A list of users that has read, write, modified, run or downlaoded asset during a specified period Applicable to data and content assets |
Data and content assets |
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User usage by asset |
A list of data assets for each user has read, write, modified, run or download during a specified period |
Users |
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Asset usage by tool |
A list of tools that reads, writes, modifies, runs or downloads for each asset Applicable to data and content assets |
Data and content assets |
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Access exports |
Asset access by user |
A list of users that has access to, and their usage of, each asset Applicable to data and content assets |
Data and content assets |
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User access by asset |
A list of assets that each user has access to and their usage details for each asset Applicable to users |
Users |
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Sensitive data scanner configuration |
K data scanner scope |
List of tables that the PII Sensitive data scanner is configured to monitor |
Tables only |