How to search and browse for data products

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This article outlines how to search and browse the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog to find the data products you're looking for. You can search for data products using keyword or natural language. Searching with natural language is in Preview.

Prerequisites

To search for data products, you need the data catalog reader role.

Search for data products in catalog

You can search for data products within the data catalog by keywords or with natural language. To find data products best fit your business needs, use Search with natural language (Preview). Searching with natural language currently supports data products created in English, French, and Spanish languages, and search terms in the corresponding languages.

  1. In the Microsoft Purview portal, open the Data Catalog.

  2. Select the Discovery drop-down.

  3. Select the Data products tab.

    Screenshot of the data product search results with the filters highlighted.

  4. To search by keywords, type keywords in the search bar (for example, sales) and press Enter.

    To search with natural language, select Search with natural language (Preview) icon and describe your needs.

    Screenshot of selecting natural language search option.

    Provide more context in the search bar including what data you're looking for, intended use, format of the data, key fields or columns you need, and other criteria to narrow your search result. For example:

    • I need three years of North American revenue data from finance department to analyze sales trends
    • Find certified master data for customer accounts which includes customer ID, name, and address
    • I am working on improving customer satisfaction. Show me Power BI reports of customer rating and feedback.

    Screenshot of natural language search bar.

  5. You can also filter results by governance domain, data product type, owner, glossary terms, or critical data elements.

    Screenshot of the data products page in the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog.

  6. Select a data product to view details.

Explore data products by governance domain

You can browse data products in the data catalog by governance domain.

  1. In the Microsoft Purview portal, open the Data Catalog.

  2. Select the Discovery drop-down.

  3. Select the Data products tab.

  4. Select a governed domain under Explore data products by governance domain, or select Explore all.

    Screenshot of the data product search page, with Explore all and the governance domains highlighted.

  5. Within the selected governance domain, you can see a list of all data products.

    Screenshot of the Explore data products by governance domain page, showing an example domain with two data products.

  6. Select a data product to view details.

View data product details

You can view data product details including description, use case, terms of use, contacts, glossary terms, and associated data assets.

  1. After selecting a data product from the search and browse experience, you can view data product details.
  2. To view details of a specific data asset, select the data asset, and select View details.
  3. To see a list of all data assets, select View all data assets.
  4. To see the details of glossary terms, select glossary term and view details in the glossary term side car.
  5. To see the details of critical data elements, select critical data element and view details in the critical data element side car.

Screenshot of a data product detail page in the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog.

View data asset details

You can view data asset details including description, owner, columns, and lineage.

  1. After selecting a data asset from the data product, you can view data asset details and lineage.
  2. To view a list of all columns, select View all columns.

Screenshot of the data asset details pane within a data product.

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