The second brain for your business

Get your business on the same page with the Glossary. It's built on a knowledge graph so you can create connections between data, definitions, and domains that mimic how your business works.
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“Being able to refer to written definitions of our data elements has made it so much easier to create accurate, up-to-date reports that our users actually trust.”

Molly Vander Velde

Data Engineer

STACK

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Terms and Categories

Organize your glossary
the way you want

A Term is the fundamental unit of your glossary. It can be a KPI definition, metric formula, or business taxonomy — it’s up to you. The special part? Group collections of Terms into Categories, and create multi-level hierarchies that mimic the way you work.

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Mimic business domains

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Mimic data
domains

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Mimic data
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Linked Assets

The connected semantic layer
for your business

In Atlan, the glossary is more than just a dictionary. It’s an activated knowledge network for your business, where you can create relationships between definitions, metrics, and assets.

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Related terms

Link related definitions and metrics to create a connected organization.

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Linked assets

Find glossary context in every asset, every time you search.

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Search by terms

Find assets faster by searching for terms like MQL, not table names.

Documentation

Rich documentation for rich context

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Crowdsource READMEs

Assign users to pull tribal knowledge right into your README.

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Embed documentation

Make your documentation come to life with powerful, native embeds.

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Fast, beautiful formatting

Type / for Notion-like commands and powerful formatting.

First-Class Citizens

360° context for every term, category, and glossary

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Add owners

Know who’s responsible for every term and who you can reach out to.

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Certify terms

Trust your business definitions by seeing the certified icon.

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Track activity

See how a metric formula has changed over time and why.

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Announcements

Get updates on major changes to terms and glossaries.

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Requests

Everyone suggests, you approve

Get rid of tribal knowledge with Requests. Anyone with view access to data can suggest owners, missing terms, or a change to the description. It’s in your hands to approve.

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Members suggest

See something missing? Make a suggestion by sending a Request.

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Admins decide

Approve or reject a Request from your personalized home.

“We want to surface everything in the enterprise to the users, but restrict some data in terms of access. I have to go through a request process, but we don’t want to stop them from seeing what exists.”

Luna Rajbhandari

VP, Data Management and Platforms

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Bulk Upload

Pick up where you left off

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Upload a CSV file

Magically populate your glossary with a simple CSV file.

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Monitor with Upload History

Learn about the status, owner, length, and results of your Bulk Uploads.

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“Atlan wasn’t built as just a catalog management tool. It’s really a home for data people to collaborate, discuss things, and come together.”

Larisa Gorokhova

Senior Director of Business Intelligence

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The only catalog that
Activates your Metadata

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