Managing business domains

You can create custom business domains to better organize your data products and tailor your data community to your business needs. Business domains, along with subdomains, improve navigation and search by grouping data into clear, intuitive categories. A business domain is required to create a data product, ensuring every product is associated with a meaningful organizational context. You can create an unlimited number of domains and subdomains.

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Required roles to complete this task
Collaborator role: Data Product Admin or Data Product Provider
Community role: Admin or Editor

To create a custom business domain as an Admin:

  1. From the navigation menu, click Configurations and Settings. Then, select Business domains.
  2. Create a new business domain and provide a name, short description and assign business domain owners.
  3. Optional: Create subdomains. Provide a name and short description.
  4. Set your business domain visibility by selecting Public or Selected community members only. You cannot modify your business domain’s visibility after you have created it.
    1. Public: All of the Data Product Hub community members can see data products associated with this domain.
    2. Selected community members only: Only assigned Data Product Hub community members can view data products and request new ones associated with this domain. You can assign Editor or Viewer roles to members.
  5. Confirm and add your domain.

Creating a new domain also adds a new tile on your Data Product Hub home page.
Business domain tiles in home page

View business domain management page

You can view and manage the following details on the business domain management page:

  • Domain name: Edit the domain name.
  • Business domain owners: Assign users as business domain owners.
  • Description: Edit the business domain description.
  • Subdomains: Create, edit and delete subdomains.
  • Domain member access: Manage domain member access when the domain is private.
  • Associated data product (view-only): View a list of data products linked to the business domain.

To access a business domain’s management page:

  1. From the navigation menu, click Configurations and Settings > Data Product Hub Management > Business domains.
  2. Select a business domain you want to view and edit.

Note: Viewers and community editors who are not domain owners can only access the domain management page in read-only mode.

Assigning business domain owners

Admins can assign Editors and other Admins as business domain owners. Domain owners can manage their assigned domains by doing the following:

  • Creating, editing and deleting subdomains.
  • Receive alerts for incoming new data product requests specific to those domains.

To assign business domain owners:

  1. Click Configurations and Settings > Data Product Hub Management > Business domains.

  2. Select the business domain.

  3. On the business domain tile, click the pencil icon Pencil icon to edit.

  4. Assign business domain owners.

  5. Select Confirm.

Assigning Viewer or Editor role for business domain visibility

Business domain owners or Admins can assign the Viewer or Editor role for business domain visibility to users or a user group. Users with the Viewer or Editor role can do the following with business domains:

  • Viewer: Can view and subscribe to data products assigned to the business domain.
  • Editor: Can view and edit data products assigned to the business domain.
  1. Go to Configurations and Settings > Data Product Hub Management > Business domains.
  2. Select the business domain.
  3. On the business domain tile, click the pencil icon to edit.
  4. Assign an individual user or a user group with the Viewer or Editor role.
  5. Select Confirm.

Assigning roles to selected community members

When a business domain visibility is set to selected community members only, Business domain owners or Admins can assign the Viewer or Editor role to users or a user group. Users with the Viewer or Editor role can do the following with business domains:

  • Viewer: Can view and subscribe to all data products that are assigned to the business domain.
  • Editor: Can view and edit all of the data products that are assigned to the business domain.
  1. Click Configurations and Settings > Data Product Hub Management > Business domains.
  2. Select the business domain.
  3. Scroll to the domain members table and click the Add Members button.
  4. Assign an individual user or a user group with the Viewer or Editor role.
  5. Select Confirm.

To remove a member: In the domain members table, select the trash icon next to the community member you want to remove access from the business domain.

When a user is removed from the Viewer or Editor role, all of their subscriptions to data products within that domain are automatically revoked.

Adding subdomains

To optimize your data product management, Admins and Domain Owners can also add subdomains under your main business domains. Subdomains make it easy to organize your data products into detailed, focused categories. Subdomains do not appear on your Data Product Hub home page, but can be accessed under each business domain.

To add a subdomain:

  1. Select the business domain you want to edit.
  2. On the Subdomains tile, click the Pencil icon pencil icon to edit.
  3. Click Add subdomain
  4. Provide a name and short description of the subdomain.
  5. Select Confirm to add the subdomain.

Deleting domains and subdomains:

Delete business domains and subdomains to improve organization. Keep your domains up to date to enhance security and optimize storage space.

  • Admins can delete both business domains and subdomains.
  • Editors who are assigned as domain owners can delete subdomains only. They cannot delete primary business domains.

There are multiple ways to delete a business domain:

  • From the main business domain, click the Action menu Actions menu icon and select Delete.
  • From the business domain management page, click the trash can icon to delete the business domain.

Note: Deleting a domain deletes all associated subdomains.

To delete subdomains only:

  1. Select the business domain you want to edit.
  2. On the Subdomains tile, click the Pencil icon pencil icon to edit.
  3. Click the Delete button for each subdomain you want to remove.
  4. Select Confirm.

There are limitations to deleting a business domain or subdomain:

  • You cannot delete business domains and subdomains that are attached to a published data product.
  • If a domain is deleted while it is attached to a data product draft, you cannot publish the draft until you select a new domain.