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Data Profiles

Supports outcomes: 🔍 Find and trust data quickly · 🏛️ Govern data at scale · 🤝 Bridge business and data teams

The Data Profile page is the source of knowledge for any data asset in K — whether that's a table, report, pipeline, ML model, or piece of code. It brings together automated metadata and manually curated context in one place, so any user can understand how, where, and when to use a data item without chasing down the people who built it.

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What you can do from a Data Profile Page

  • See usage insights and understand how trusted the data is via the Trust Score

  • Understand lineage — where data comes from, where it flows to, and how it joins other items

  • Assign data owners, stewards, and classifications

  • Link collections and tags to group and categorise assets

  • Capture governance attributes like access, domains, and verified use cases

  • Ask questions and capture knowledge — business logic, decisions, and known caveats about the data

  • Track changes (automated and manual) via the Timeline tab

  • Launch applications like Impact Assessments and the Lineage explorer

  • Navigate to linked collaboration channels (Slack, Teams) that discuss this data item

  • Find reusable code or sheets linked to this asset

Key Tabs on the Data Profile Page

Tab

What it shows

Overview

A summary of the data asset — terms, properties, access info, and code references

Usage

Who has been using the data asset and how usage has trended over time

Lineage

Upstream sources and downstream consumers, automatically mapped and updated

Quality

Data issues linked to the data asset and DQ check results synced from KDQ — scores, pass/fail status, and trends

Linked

Other data assets that have been linked to this data asset. For example, linked collections or glossaries

Who can see a Data Profile Page?

All K users can view Data Profile Pages for assets they have access to. The level of editing and governance actions available depends on your K role — see K User Roles for details.

The Data Profile Page is also where KDQ results appear once synced — see Synchronising KDQ Results to K for how to set this up.