We’re excited to announce the release of IBM Cloud Pak for Data version 4.6
Discover, govern and protect high-quality data
An intelligent data catalog for the AI era
IBM Watson® Knowledge Catalog is a data catalog tool that powers intelligent, self-service discovery of data, models and more. The cloud-based enterprise metadata repository activates information for AI, machine learning (ML) and deep learning supported by active metadata. Access, curate, categorize and share data, knowledge assets and their relationships, wherever they reside.
Use IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data to deliver business-ready data to feed AI and analytics projects.
IBM named a Leader in the Gartner® 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Data Quality Solutions
Benefits
Cut time to automate data discovery, quality and governance by up to 90%¹
Features
Open, intelligent data cataloging powered by active metadata
Advanced discovery
Find relevant assets quickly and at scale based on intelligent recommendations from IBM Watson® and peers.
Operationalized quality
Track lineage and quality scores across structured data, unstructured data, AI models and notebooks.
Flexible deployment
Deploy on premises, on cloud, or fully managed as a service on IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
End-to-end catalog
Organize, define and manage enterprise data to provide the right context and drive value across needs like regulatory compliance and data monetization.
Automated governance
Protect data, manage compliance and audit-readiness, and maintain client trust with active policy management and dynamic masking of sensitive data.
Self-service insights
Consume and transform data at the speed of business with intuitive dashboards and flows that can be shared with peers or analytics tools.
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Recommendations

Search recommendations
As the user types, the drop-down shows a list of suggested search strings based on both the current user’s and previous users’ search strings.
Rules

Data protection rules
Include classifications in the conditions for the data protection rules. For example, you can create a rule to deny access to certain users if the asset is classified as PII or confidential.
Workflow

Workflow history
Users can view the full workflow activity history on any governance artifact including adds, updates and approvals.
Filtering

Column filtering
Column filtering allows users to only analyze the data most relevant to their use case by scoping into or filtering out columns by name, column type or first N candidates.
Business terms

Automatic business term assignment
Users can enable automatic business term assignment that is trained specific to your business’ terminology. It is continuously learning and improving based on users’ modifications.
Visualization

Data quality visualization
Users can quickly visualize how their data quality has changed over time by data asset based on their specified time interval.
Preferences

Saved preferences
Users can save time by having preferences saved to their account so that important details are preserved by the product no matter where you access it.
What's new
Data privacy and AI protection
Kick-start protection mapping, leveraging the foundation you may have already built for data privacy in the process.
IBM DataOps methodology
Learn the foundations of a DataOps practice and view a use case using IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog.
Forrester Total Economic Impact report
Discover how IBM Cloud Pak for Data and IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog services are contributing ROI up to 158% for your peers in the market.
2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Quality
Discover why IBM is named a Leader for the 17th year in a row in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Integration Tools.
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog extensions
Master data management
Master data management extensions
Deliver high-quality entity data by augmenting metadata management with master data management capabilities. Expand data sources and depth to ensure a single source of truth.
360-degree view
Get a 360-degree view of critical data entities by automatically matching data from various sources to customer profiles without duplication. Monitor critical data like PII and consent.
Always-on access to data
Create a read-only view of master data records — a view that is highly available, always on and consistent across IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Avoid data duplication and efficiently access data with low latency.
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Try IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog
Activate business-ready data for AI and analytics with intelligent cataloging backed by active metadata.