Configure asset units-DataWorks(DataWorks)-阿里云帮助中心

Introduction

The asset unit feature in DataWorks data governance allows you to manage categories for data models, Data Metrics, physical tables within computing resources, and auto triggered tasks. You can consolidate business assets from multiple workspaces into a single asset unit for unified governance, which facilitates data sharing and use.

Limitations and permissions

Limitations: This feature is available only in DataWorks Enterprise Edition.

Permissions:

Role	Permissions
Tenant Administrator	Can view all asset units within the tenant. Can create, edit, and delete asset units and their corresponding asset categories.
Tenant Governance Administrator
workspace manager	Can view asset units that include their workspaces, remove their workspaces from an asset unit, and delete or edit asset categories within the unit.
data governance administrator

Go to the asset unit page

Go to the Data Asset Governance page.
Log on to the DataWorks console. In the top navigation bar, select the desired region. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Data Governance > Data Asset Governance. On the page that appears, click Go to Data Asset Governance.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose System Settings > Governance Settings > Asset Unit to open the Asset Unit page.
On the asset unit page, you can search for existing asset units by Name or Workspace.

Create an asset unit

An asset unit consists of one or more workspaces. You can create asset units on the asset unit page.

On the asset unit page, click Create in the upper-left corner. In the dialog box, configure the following parameters.

Parameter	Description
Name	The name of the asset unit.
Description	The description of the asset unit.
Workspace Where Assets Are Managed	Select one or more workspaces where you want to define, manage, and govern core data. You can group workspaces that serve similar business purposes into a single asset unit for unified management and governance. Note The system lists only workspaces for which you have the workspace manager role.

After you configure the parameters, click Confirm to save the asset unit.
In the Actions column, click View Details to open the Asset Unit Details page. On this page, you can configure the Basic information, Asset Source, and Asset Category tabs.

Note
To delete an asset unit, click Delete in the Actions column. Before you delete an asset unit, you must ensure that no business assets are bound to it. Otherwise, the operation fails.

Configure basic information

On the asset unit details page, click the Basic information tab to view the configuration and change history of the current asset unit.

Asset unit configuration: Displays the details of the created or modified asset unit, including its Name, Description, Created By, Head, and the workspaces listed under Workspace Where Assets Are Managed.

Click Edit to reconfigure the asset unit's Name, Description, and the workspaces under Workspace Where Assets Are Managed.
Change history: This section records all modifications to the asset unit, which helps you quickly track changes to the managed workspaces. You can view the Workspace Name, Workspace Display Name, Updated By, Actions, and Operation Time.

Configure asset sources

On the asset unit details page, switch to the asset source tab to view the four supported asset sources.

Asset source type	Rule object
Table	Includes physical tables stored in MaxCompute, EMR, and Hologres computing resources.
Model	Includes tables created during dimensional modeling. The following limitations apply to rule objects: conceptual model: Only dimensional conceptual models are supported. logical model: Supports fact tables, dimension tables, aggregate tables, source tables, and application tables.
Metric	Includes metrics created in Data Metric.
Tasks	Includes all tasks in auto triggered tasks.

Configure asset categories

Within an asset unit, you can configure various asset categories based on your needs. You can also create different category perspectives and export your configured categories. After you create categories, you can apply them to business assets to streamline management and governance.

Category perspectives

You can configure up to two category perspectives in an asset unit. By switching between perspectives, you can create multiple category hierarchies, which allows you to manage and govern assets from different viewpoints.

Edit a category perspective: While editing categories on the asset category tab, click Edit Category Perspective to modify the perspective.
Select a category perspective: After you add multiple category perspectives, click the Category Perspective drop-down list to switch between them.

Note
You must configure the category hierarchy for each category perspective separately. A new category perspective contains only the All Assets directory by default.

Edit categories

Under each category perspective, you can configure a multi-level category hierarchy. This allows you to assign different assets to specific categories for unified governance.

Add category: Click the button to the right of All Assets or a specific category under Category Settings to add a category under All Assets.
Set category properties: Select an asset category. In the Category Property Settings pane on the right, you can modify the Category Display Name and Head.
Delete a category: To the right of the target category, click the icon and select Delete to remove the category.

After you finish editing, click Save on the left side of the asset category tab to save your new or modified asset categories.

Note

You can add parallel categories or subcategories to build out your hierarchy.
You cannot delete a category if it contains subcategories or is bound to any business assets. You must first delete all subcategories and manually unbind the business assets.

Export categories

On the asset category tab, click Export Category as Excel File to export the categories to an Excel file.

Next steps

After you configure the asset unit, you can bind its categories to your business assets.