Ecosystem Map
- Chichi
The Ecosystem Map page lets you easily navigate through your ecosystem in a visual map and see how your database sources and content are connected, including which sources have data from a specific domain, or belong to a specific classification.
This is particularly useful for showing Architects, Solution Designers and other users how the systems are connected.
You navigate to the Ecosystem Map by clicking on Ecosystem → Map
While all users can view the ecosystem map, only Data Governance Managers, Data Managers and Admin users have access to managing Ecosystem Layers
Understanding Ecosystem Layers
To help you structure your ecosystem map K has created the Ecosystem Layer concept. Each layer, let’s you group your data assets in swim-lanes
The first time you access your Data Ecosystem you will be asked to add layers and sources to the map.
The Ecosystem Layer is managed as a Collection. Each layer is an instance.
The layer with the lowest Map Position appears on the furthest left while the layer with the highest Map Position appears on the furthest right. Below is an example:
We recommend leaving a gap of 10 between each layer to future proof changes. By leaving a gap in numbers, you can insert a new layer between existing layers without the need to re-number Map Positions.
Similar to other collections, the Layer instance is sorted alphabetically for ease of search and navigation. We are working to enhance this view to display/sort by the Map Position in a future release.
Mapping sources to ecosystem layers
There are 3 ways to add a source to a layer:
Click on the Edit icon
Click on the Add a Source button
Hold Alt / Option while you click on the later
After the Layer popout pane appears, search for the required source and click Add
To remove any incorrectly added sources you can click on the X icon.
After you add / remove a source there may be a delay in the ecosystem map refreshing with the changes. If this occurs, click on the Reload Map icon