Collibra Integration

Overview

Collibra EDC (Enterprise Data Catalog) is a data catalog platform and tool that helps organizations better understand and govern their data assets. LeanIX Collibra integration enhances data governance by ensuring alignment and synergy between enterprise architecture and data architecture. With accurate and real-time data, you can make informed decisions regarding data management, application rationalization, technology investments, and compliance initiatives. This integration provides insights into the impact of data policies, regulations, and standards on IT architecture.

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the integration's benefits, details on what data is synchronized between Collibra and LeanIX, activation instructions, and instructions on how to sync data from Collibra to LeanIX and vice versa.

Benefits

Some of the benefits of Collibra integration include:

• Increased Data Transparency: Collibra integration offers clarity on where the data is mastered and how it flows within the IT landscape, helping stakeholders to identify data dependencies, optimize data flows, and ensure data integrity and security throughout its lifecycle.
• Enhanced Data Accountability: The integration automates the mapping of data owners from Collibra to LeanIX, ensuring clear ownership and improved accountability.
• Expanded Data Accessibility: Enables you to leverage data across the enterprise while facilitating sound data governance practices.

Scope of Integration: Data Synchronization Between Collibra and LeanIX

Collibra EDC (Enterprise Data Catalog) application gives a comprehensive overview of the metadata / all data assets in the organization, making it convenient for users to find, describe, govern, and manage data.

LeanIX Collibra integration provides the following:

• Synchronize conceptual data layer from Collibra Data Catalog to data object fact sheets in LeanIX. To learn more, see Conceptual Data Layer Mapping from Collibra to LeanIX.
• Synchronize names, data hierarchies, categories, descriptions, and relations between Data Assets into LeanIX, facilitating analysis of data usage and data management down to the application and interface level.
• Map responsible owners of the data assets from Collibra to subscriptions in LeanIX.
• Map application fact sheets from LeanIX to Technology Assets in Collibra Data Catalog. To learn more, see Fact Sheet Mapping from LeanIX to Collibra.
• Map business capability fact sheets from LeanIX to Business Assets in Collibra Data Catalog. To learn more, see Fact Sheet Mapping from LeanIX to Collibra.
• Map interface fact sheets from LeanIX to Technology Assets in Collibra Data Catalog. To learn more, see Fact Sheet Mapping from LeanIX to Collibra.
• Map relations between data objects, applications, business capabilities, and interface fact sheets to relations between assets in Collibra. To learn more, see Relation Mapping from LeanIX to Collibra.

Configuring Collibra Integration

Admins can configure Collibra integration in the administration area by providing the credentials needed to connect with their Collibra instance. To configure Collibra integration, do the following:

1. Go to the Administration area and select the Integration section.

2. Click Configure to open the Collibra configuration area.

   

3. In the Credential tab, complete the Collibra Domain, Username, and Password fields.

   • Collibra Domain: Domain of your Collibra instance without a schema or trailing slashes. For example, if your Collibra instance is accessed on the browser via [https://my-own.collibra.com], then just enter my-own.collibra.com
   • Username: Username of the user who accesses the Collibra instance
   • Password: Password of the user

   

Trigger Synchronization

Once the initial configuration is complete, you can trigger a manual synchronization run by clicking on the Trigger synchronization button. This allows you to verify your configuration and view results immediately. Additionally, you can manually trigger synchronization runs whenever you change configuration. Scheduled synchronization runs occur automatically every 4 hours.