Assets¶
In Atlan, we refer to all objects that provide context to your data as assets.
Assets are a kind of entity in Atlan. They are an abstract concept used to describe the common characteristics of objects in Atlan, such as certificates and announcements. (The specific characteristics for both this abstract concept and the more detailed objects in Atlan are described through type definitions.)
classDiagram
class Asset {
<<abstract>>
certificateStatus
announcementType
}
class Database {
schemaCount
}
class Schema {
tableCount
viewsCount
}
class Table {
columnCount
rowCount
}
class Column {
dataType
isNullable
}
Asset <|-- Database
Asset <|-- Schema
Asset <|-- Table
Asset <|-- Column