Data Assets

A data asset is a technical item in the data estate, such as a table, file, dataset or other governed object discovered through Microsoft Purview.

Why data assets matter to consumers

A data product gives the business-facing context, while its related data assets help explain what physical or logical data sits underneath it.

Useful information to review

• Asset name and location
• Schema and fields where available
• Ownership and stewardship
• Classifications and sensitivity information
• Lineage and upstream or downstream relationships
• Business metadata and glossary associations

Consumers do not need to become data engineers, but understanding the assets behind a data product can provide important evidence about provenance, structure and suitability.