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Usage Tab

The Usage Tab is a great way to understand how a specific data asset is used over time.

Key features of the Usage Tab include the ability to:

  1. Select the type of usage you want to view in a visual graph: Reads, Writes, Modifies, Runs and Downloads

  2. Change the graph view to show either a unique count of users or content that have accessed the data asset over the specific time period

  3. Drill down to see which specific users have used the data asset on a specific day. The list of users will be displayed underneath the graphs

  4. Download the usage report in an excel format

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Definitions of Usage Type

Usage Type

Definition

Example

Usage Type

Definition

Example

Reads

A user views or accesses the data asset and makes nil changes to the data asset

Runs a query against a table/column

Downloads a report

Writes

A user updates the data asset but does not make changes to the data assets strucure/meta

Dataset is refreshed

Additional rows added to table

Code: CREATE TABLE AS SELECT

Modifies

The structure of the data asset or meta has changed

Report edited

Dataset structure edited

New column inserted in table

Runs

Data object has successfully run a code

Pipeline finishes successfully

Query executed

Downloads

Data asset download has been detected from source event logs

Note: Downloads will also be counted as a ‘Read’ usage as the user needs to access the data asset to enable download.

Report downloaded