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[M - Intro] User roles in K
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[M - Intro] User roles in K

Owned by Dean Nguyen
Last updated: Mar 12, 2022
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Users in K can take on one of many data related roles that best fit how they work in the organisation.

A description of the roles and their capabilities are below

Roles

Data User

A data user is, as the name suggests, a user of data and analytical content in the data ecosystem. This is typically a data analyst, data engineer, analytics engineer or data scientist

Capabilities

Capability

 

Capability

 

Insights

No

Feed

Yes

My ecosystem

Yes

Search

Yes

Profiles

 

  • Edit descriptions

Yes

  • Governance & management

No (Default - Admin configured)

  • Link collection & tags

Yes

  • Link items

No (Default - Admin configured)

  • Ask questions

Yes

  • Add knowledge

Yes

  • Add issues

Yes

  • Add properties

No

  • Add change

No

  • Add role

No

Knowledge centre

Yes

Inventory

Yes

Data Applications

 

  • Ask K

No

  • Impact Assessment

Yes

 

Data Governance

A data governance manager is responsible for managing the governance aspects of the data ecosystem

Capabilities

Capability

 

Capability

 

Insights

Yes

Feed

Yes

My ecosystem

Yes

Search

Yes

Profiles

 

  • Edit descriptions

Yes

  • Governance & management

Yes (Default - Admin configured)

  • Link collection & tags

Yes

  • Link items

Yes (Default - Admin configured)

  • Ask questions

Yes

  • Add knowledge

Yes

  • Add issues

Yes

  • Add properties

No

  • Add change

Yes

  • Add role

No

Knowledge centre

Yes

Inventory

Yes

Data Applications

 

  • Ask K

Yes

  • Impact Assessment

Yes

 

Data Manager

A data manager is someone that is responsible for managing parts or all of the data ecosystem. A data manager has access to all components of the K including insights and extracts (Ask K)

Capabilities map

Capability

 

Capability

 

Insights

Yes

Feed

Yes

My ecosystem

Yes

Search

Yes

Profiles

 

  • Edit descriptions

Yes

  • Governance & management

Yes (Default - Admin configured)

  • Link collection & tags

Yes

  • Link items

Yes (Default - Admin configured)

  • Ask questions

Yes

  • Add knowledge

Yes

  • Add issues

Yes

  • Add properties

Yes

  • Add change

Yes

  • Add role

Yes

Knowledge centre

Yes

Inventory

Yes

Data Applications

 

  • Ask K

Yes

  • Impact Assessment

Yes

 

Business user

Capabilities

Capability

 

Capability

 

Insights

No

Feed

Yes

My ecosystem

Yes

Search

Yes

Profiles

 

  • Edit descriptions

Yes

  • Governance & management

No (Default - Admin configured)

  • Link collection & tags

Yes

  • Link items

No (Default - Admin configured)

  • Ask questions

Yes

  • Add knowledge

Yes

  • Add issues

Yes

  • Add properties

No

  • Add change

No

  • Add role

No

Knowledge centre

No (can be configured)

Inventory

Yes (Default to Catalog view)

Data Applications

 

  • Ask K

No

  • Impact Assessment

Yes