Glossary

Data catalog

An organized inventory of your data — tables, columns and metrics — with definitions, so people can find and trust what exists.

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What is data catalog?

A data catalog is an inventory of what data you have and what it means: which tables exist, what each column holds, how metrics are defined, and who owns them. It answers 'is there a table for X, and can I trust it?' without relying on tribal knowledge in someone's head.

Why it matters

As a company grows, undocumented data becomes a liability — the same thing gets computed five ways, nobody remembers what a column means, and onboarding a new hire takes weeks of asking around. A catalog turns that scattered knowledge into something searchable.

How Tabkeel helps

Tabkeel builds a catalog from the database you connect and layers definitions and monitoring on top, so the catalog isn't just a list — it tells you what's healthy.

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