How to search and browse for data products (Preview)

This article outlines how to search and browse the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog to quickly find the data products you're looking for.

Prerequisites

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

Search for data products in catalog

You can search for data products within the data catalog.

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

  2. Select the Data product search tab.

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

  3. In the search bar you can perform a search for your organization's data products.

  4. You can also filter results by business domain, data product type, glossary terms or critical data elements.

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

  5. Select a data product to view details.

Explore data products by business domain

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

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

  2. Select the Data product search tab.

  3. Select a business domain under Explore data products by business domain, or select Explore all.

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

  4. Within the selected business domain, you can see a list of all data products.

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

  5. 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.

Next steps