About OvalEdge

OvalEdge is a modern data governance and catalog platform that serves as a central hub for managing enterprise data. It connects to various data sources across an organization, allowing users to discover, catalog, govern, and leverage data effectively.

OvalEdge provides an integrated suite of tools that supports both current and future data governance requirements.

Core Capabilities of OvalEdge

1. Data Cataloging

OvalEdge builds a centralized data catalog by crawling and profiling metadata from connected systems:

• Crawling: Discovers metadata elements such as tables, views, columns, stored procedures, functions, and their source code.

• Profiling: Analyzes structures to extract row and column counts, sample data, and statistical information (e.g., minimum/maximum values, null counts, distinct values).

2. Data Governance

OvalEdge supports governance initiatives with the following features:

• Data Literacy: Enables classification, domain assignment, category mapping, and glossary creation. APIs allow for managing glossary terms and linking them to data objects.

• Data Quality: Provides a lifecycle for creating and managing data quality rules, identifying issues, and ensuring resolution. Includes built-in functions, tooltips, and help center guidance.

• Privacy Compliance: Supports privacy classification and management of Records of Processing Activities (ROPA).

3. Data Discovery

Users can discover data through global search, tag-based navigation, and guided exploration tools.

4. Data Lineage

Supports both automatic and manual lineage creation, allowing users to trace data flow and perform impact analysis.

5. Access Management

Manages access to data, metadata, and application-level assets through robust security controls for users, roles, and objects.

6. Connectivity

OvalEdge connects to a wide range of data sources through built-in connectors. A list of key connectors is provided below:

• RDBMS: Oracle, MySQL, Amazon Redshift, SAP HANA

• Data Warehouses: Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Vertica

• ETL Tools: AWS DMS, Azure Data Factory, Informatica PowerCenter

• File Systems: Amazon S3, Azure Data Lake, HDFS, SharePoint

• Applications: Salesforce, SAP BO

• NoSQL Databases: Azure Cosmos DB, MongoDB

• Analytics Systems: SSAS

• Reporting Tools: Power BI, Tableau, MicroStrategy Cloud

Base Connector Licenses cover core features like crawling and profiling. Add-ons are available for advanced features such as lineage and data quality.

7. Self-Service Tools

Provides users with tools to:

• Query data across sources

• Use query sheets for analysis

• Compare datasets

• Manage projects

• Access glossary terms, catalog entries, bookmarks, and report issues using a browser extension integrated with web applications

8. Operational Features

OvalEdge includes tools to:

• Monitor and manage background jobs

• View logs and control job execution

• Track changes to data and metadata over time to ensure integrity

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