Atlan – Data Catalog & Governance

Module 1: Introduction to Data Cataloguing and Atlan

• Data governance fundamentals: discoverability, trust, and compliance
• Modern data catalog evolution: from metadata repository to active metadata
• Atlan platform overview: architecture and key capabilities
• Connecting Atlan to your data stack: warehouses, ETL tools, and BI platforms

Module 2: Asset Discovery and Search

• Atlan asset types: tables, columns, dashboards, pipelines, and models
• Configuring metadata crawlers for Snowflake, BigQuery, and dbt
• Full-text and faceted search for discovering data assets
• Asset profiles: statistics, sample data, and query history

Module 3: Business Metadata and Classification

• Custom metadata: adding business context to technical assets
• Atlan classifications: tagging sensitive data with PII, PCI, and HIPAA labels
• Business glossary: creating and linking terms to data assets
• README and rich documentation for data assets

Module 4: Data Lineage

• Automatic lineage extraction from ETL tools and query engines
• Table-level and column-level lineage visualisation
• Lineage tracing: upstream sources and downstream consumers
• Cross-platform lineage: connecting dbt, Fivetran, and BI tool lineage

Module 5: Data Ownership and Stewardship

• Asset ownership: assigning owners, stewards, and domain experts
• Data domain organisation: grouping assets by business domains
• Access requests: self-service data access workflow
• Certification: marking assets as verified and trusted

Module 6: Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing

• Inline comments and conversations on data assets
• Announcements and alerts for data asset changes
• Integration with Slack: notifications and asset sharing
• Data quality scores: surfacing reliability metrics in the catalog

Module 7: Governance Policies and Compliance

• Policy-based access control using Atlan personas and purposes
• Column masking and row filtering for sensitive data protection
• Compliance reporting: GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA data mapping
• Audit logs: tracking metadata changes and access activity

Module 8: Capstone Project and Assessment

• Atlan deployment and connector configuration for a data stack
• Business glossary and classification implementation exercise
• Data lineage tracing and impact analysis project
• Final assessment and course certification

Experience in the Industry Gain expertise from data governance specialists who have deployed Atlan as the active metadata platform for data teams at organisations building trusted, discoverable, and well-governed data stacks.

Backgrounds at the Top Our Atlan trainers have worked at data platform teams and data governance consultancies where Atlan is the central layer for metadata management, data discovery, and cross-team data collaboration.

Clear & Effective Teaching Atlan asset cataloguing, business metadata, classification, lineage, ownership, governance policies, compliance mapping, and collaboration features are taught with real data governance programme examples.

Hands-On Learning Focus Students connect Atlan to data stack tools, configure metadata crawlers, build business glossaries, trace data lineage, set up governance policies, and create compliance reports through structured lab exercises.

Up-to-Date Knowledge Trainers keep content current with the latest Atlan platform releases, AI-powered metadata enrichment features, active metadata platform capabilities, and evolving data governance and cataloguing best practices.