{"id":181649,"date":"2024-03-21T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=181649"},"modified":"2024-03-06T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T21:20:09","slug":"data-catalog-on-google-cloud-platform-gcp-streamline-data-management-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-catalog-on-google-cloud-platform-gcp-streamline-data-management-efforts","title":{"rendered":"Data Catalog on Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Streamline Data Management Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"181649\" class=\"elementor elementor-181649\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3145e80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"3145e80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9951205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9951205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the age of Big Data and ever-increasing data volumes, modern businesses need efficient data management more than ever. That's where GCP's data catalog comes in. So what is it? Why use it? How does it work? That's what we're going to look at in this article.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ede678 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6ede678\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f6038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2f6038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the Google Cloud Platform Data Catalog?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4df920d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4df920d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The GCP data catalog is a metadata management service belonging to Dataplex. As a reminder, metadata is data about data. The idea is to give context to the various datasets available by answering the questions: Who? Who? Where? How? Why?<\/p><p>This makes it easier for organizations to identify the data they need.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07c3149 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"07c3149\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab78d5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab78d5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why use the GCP data catalog?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3f206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa3f206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GCP&#8217;s data catalog is an integral part of efficient data management for companies. There are several reasons for this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3167c66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3167c66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data quality<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9168a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9168a81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong> Google data catalog<\/strong> is part of the implementation of <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/roles-of-the-data-scientist-in-a-data-governance-strategy-data\">data governance.<\/a> The idea is to guarantee the reliability and relevance of the information available by defining a framework.<\/p><p>To this end, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/how-to-choose-a-data-governance-course\">data governance<\/a> establishes an entire process for data cleansing, transformation, updating, searching, ownership and so on. And for each stage of this process, data experts need several tools. One of these is the data catalog.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfa6ce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bfa6ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Centralized management of data resources<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e90cc38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e90cc38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The GCP data catalog brings together all the organization&#8217;s data. No matter where it comes from: data lakes, data warehouses, websites, third-party services and so on. As a result, employees don&#8217;t have to go back and forth to find the information they need. Instead, they simply consult the data catalog.<\/p><p>By defining a common vocabulary, decompartmentalizing data and providing a centralized location, the Google Cloud data catalog facilitates collaboration between different members of an organization (even if they&#8217;re not in the same department or region).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b322cbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b322cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data search and discovery<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c967c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c967c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With ever-growing volumes of data, it&#8217;s often difficult to find the right information at the right time. Indeed, users don&#8217;t necessarily know where the data is located, or where it comes from, or even what it&#8217;s used for, for lack of adequate documentation. This is precisely where the GCP data catalog comes in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edbb382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edbb382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Good to know:<\/strong> Dataplex integrates the artificial intelligence and machine learning functionalities of the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/understanding-google-cloud-platform-buckets-their-purpose-and-functionality\">Google Cloud Platform (GCP)<\/a>. This makes it possible to automate all data management processes: from discovery to data collection and lifecycle management, right through to data traceability. In so doing, the Google data catalog optimizes research and reduces management costs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cd073d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cd073d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/data_catalog_gcp_1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ce140 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a1ce140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more about the GCP data catalog<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b921e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b921e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saving time<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8606c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c8606c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Without effective<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/mariadb-a-solution-for-data-management-and-analysis\"> data management,<\/a> data analysts (or other data users) have to keep asking data engineers to provide them with the relevant information. But this work is extremely time-consuming, and companies rarely have sufficient resources at their disposal. Fortunately, the data catalog makes it easy to set up self-service data. This means that every user can access the required information directly, without having to go through an intermediary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8047648 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8047648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A fully managed and scalable catalog<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe96e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbe96e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GCP&#8217;s data catalog is the perfect answer to all your needs, whatever the volume of data available or the number of users.<\/p><p>Ultimately, this metadata management service helps companies get more value out of their data. Because data is better organized, employees can more easily find the information they need. And that means better decision-making. And faster, too, since data can be accessed more easily by all employees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f2eda e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"21f2eda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315e7c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"315e7c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the features of the GCP data catalog?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709bc1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"709bc1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data organization and classification<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2344be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2344be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The primary objective of the GCP data catalog is to facilitate the organization and classification of data. To achieve this, companies can define metadata to provide context and facilitate searches.<\/p><p>The GCP data catalog manages two types of metadata:<\/p><ol><li>Technical metadata: for example, metadata associated with a Big Query table. In this case, the metadata includes several attributes, such as project name and ID, resource labels, table<\/li><li>and view descriptions, etc.<br \/>Commercial metadata: includes tags, administrators and rich text.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03bb098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03bb098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Integration with Google Cloud Platform services<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64a9e7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64a9e7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a <strong>Google Cloud Platform<\/strong> service, the data catalog integrates seamlessly with other GCP services. It automatically retrieves information from a multitude of GCP services. These include:<\/p><ul><li>Big Query ;<\/li><li>Dataflow ;<\/li><li>Pub\/Sub ;<\/li><li>Cloud storage ;<\/li><li>Analytics Hub ;<\/li><li>Dataproc Metastore;<\/li><li>Dataplex services (data lakes, zones, tables and file sets).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2450b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c2450b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But also data from other services via APIs, such as Hive, Oracle, SQL server, Teradata, Redshift, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Looker or Tableau.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c6743 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46c6743\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data security and compliance<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7620f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7620f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to facilitating access to data, GCP&#8217;s data catalog also ensures that users are provided with compliant data. The platform manages data access by controlling access authorizations and monitoring data activity. It then distributes data ownership according to each user&#8217;s access rights.<\/p><p><strong>In addition to controlling access authorizations, GCP<\/strong> ensures that data use complies with current regulations, such as the RGPD.<\/p><p>And because data is centralized within the data catalog, it&#8217;s easier to ensure overall security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276d64d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"276d64d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b558e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b558e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Join DataScientest to optimize data management<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591b1b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"591b1b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GCP&#8217;s data catalog<\/strong> is one of the essential tools for effective <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/cobol-all-about-the-historic-data-management-language\">data management<\/a>. 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