Table Page
Database tables in Select Star each have their own page where you can explore a variety of information.
You can watch a video going over the Table Page, or keep reading to learn more.
This page gives an overview of the information available in three different areas:
Click the links within this page to learn more about specific features.
Basic Information
- The full table path of the table in the database.
- A description of the table. Descriptions can synced from Snowflake or dbt's persist_docs function, or you can add them directly in Select Star.
Operational Information
- Business and Technical Owners - Subject matter experts for this particular table, capable of answering business and technical questions about the data. These can be assigned by Admins and Data Managers.
- Popularity - Calculated by Select Star. This is the # of times queried by # of users over a customizable period of 30-90 days.
- Table Size - The size of the table and number of rows.
- Last Update - When the table metadata was last updated. This value does not indicate when the data values were last updated.
- Last Refreshed - Shows when the data values were last changed, such as with an
INSERTorUPDATEquery. - <SQL> - When available, clicking this will show the SQL used to create the table or view.
Table Tabs
Tabs will give you special information about the table data and how the data is used in the context of your organization.
- Columns - The columns in that table, along with any descriptions or Tags they have. See how popular individual columns in a table are, as well as which columns are used to join to other tables. Columns can be ordered three ways on a table page. A -> Z, Z -> A, and Ordinal. Click the header to change the order.
- Lineage - This tab will have an interactive graph to explore of Upstream Sources and Downstream Targets connected to this table.
- Queries & Joins - Recent and popular queries and join conditions you can use to understand how the data is used.
- Related - Downstream Dashboards using information from this table and Similar or Related tables.
- Top Users - The people or service accounts who query this table the most. This is separated into Top Users of the table itself, and of its Downstream Dashboards.
- Preview - A sample of data values in this table. This is disabled by default, as Select Star only looks at metadata from your sources. Contact a Select Star representative if you would like to enable this by sending some sample data values.
- Discussion - Anyone with a Select Star account can post questions or comments on this dataset, which are then searchable.
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