# 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 consistently discover, catalog, govern, and consume data effectively.
The platform combines metadata management, data quality, lineage, access control, and governed data products with an AI-driven conversational layer for analysis and automation. This integrated approach enables effective data management, enforces governance standards, and supports both operational and analytical use cases at scale.
## Core Capabilities of OvalEdge
### **1. askEdgi**
askEdgi enables natural language interaction with data, combining AI-driven analysis with governance controls:
* **Natural Language Analysis**: Explore and analyze data without SQL
* **Metadata-Aware Retrieval**: Identify and rank relevant datasets using metadata and governance signals
* **Guided Analysis & Recipes**: Get next-best question suggestions and reuse workflows
* **Governed Actions**: Perform metadata updates and rule creation with approval and audit tracking
* **Workspace & Access Control**: Work in a unified workspace with role-based controls and transparency
### **2. Data Products**
Data Products package governed data assets into consumable units:
* **Creation & Packaging:** Combine datasets, reports, and APIs into a single entity
* **Marketplace Access**: Discover, request, and consume data products
* **Governance & Tracking**: Associate quality, certification, and usage tracking
### **3. 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).
### **4. 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).
### **5. Data Discovery**
* **Global Search**: Discover data using search with filters and relevance
* **Tag-Based Navigation**: Explore data using tags and structured classification
### **6. Data Lineage & Impact Analysis**
* **Lineage Tracking**: Trace data flow across systems
* **Impact Analysis**: Assess upstream and downstream impact of changes
### **7. Access Management**
* **RBAC & UBAC**: Control access using roles and user-level permissions
* **Data Asset Groups**: Enable governance overrides at the group level
* **Column Security & Masking**: Protect sensitive data using masking policies
* **Remote Access Management**: Synchronize access policies with external systems
### **8. 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, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
* **Data Warehouses**: Amazon Redshift, 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**: MongoDB, Cassandra
* **Reporting Tools**: Power BI, Tableau, MicroStrategy
* **Connector Capabilities**: Support crawling and profiling with add-ons for lineage, data quality, and access management
### **9. Self-Service Tools**
Provides users with tools to:
* Query data across sources
* Use query sheets for analysis
* Compare datasets and schemas
* Manage projects and requests
* Access glossary terms, catalog entries, bookmarks, and report issues through browser integrations
### **10. Operational Features**
OvalEdge includes tools to:
* Monitor and manage background jobs and workflows
* View logs and control execution
* Track changes to data and metadata over time
* Maintain audit trails for user actions and system activities
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Copyright © 2026, OvalEdge LLC, Peachtree Corners, GA, USA.
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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation
If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.
Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:
```
GET https://docs.ovaledge.com/release8.1/getting-started/about-ovaledge.md?ask=
```
The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.
Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.