---
title: "Tags: Tag Propagation"
url: "https://atlan.com/demos/tags-tag-propagation/"
description: "Discover seamless data governance! See how Atlan propagates column, table, and term lineage, associates tags, and more in this hands-on demo."
format: "Arcade"
demo_url: "https://demo.arcade.software/1PpW4XbCqRbaExJ4smx5"
content_purpose: ["Product Overview"]
target_persona: ["Data Governance Lead", "Data Engineer", "General", "Business User"]
journey_stage: ["S2 - Discovery", "C1 - Onboarding", "C3 - Adoption", "C4 - Expansion"]
use_case_context: ["Training"]
product: ["Data Marketplace - Data Governance"]
content_type: "interactive demo step summary"
transcript_source: "arcade-steps"
---

# Tags: Tag Propagation

Step-by-step summary of the interactive demo at https://atlan.com/demos/tags-tag-propagation/

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Discover seamless data governance! See how Atlan propagates column, table, and term lineage, associates tags, and more in this hands-on demo.

## What the demo walks through

1. Let's review an example where there is lineage but no tags
2. We'll directly classify the upstream asset
3. By adding a tag to it
4. In this example, we'll assign **PII** as the tag
5. Tag propagation is disabled by default. You can also choose to enable it
6. In this example, we'll enable tag propagation to downstream assets
7. Confirm propagation settings
8. Save your selections
9. Now let's take a look at the downstream column
10. Note that the downstream column is also tagged as **PII** now
11. Now let's review an example of tagging a parent asset
12. Let's add a project-oriented tag to the table
13. In this example, we'll tag the table as relevant to **Marketing Analysis**
14. Tag propagation is disabled by default. You can configure tag propagation
15. In this example, we'll propagate the tag to child and downstream assets
16. Confirm propagation settings
17. Save your selections
18. Now let's examine the child assets of the table (its columns)
19. All the columns are now tagged as **Marketing Analysis** through tag propagation
20. Now let's review an example of tagging a term
21. In this example, we'll tag the term as relevant to the **Public** tag
22. In this example, we'll tag the term as relevant to the **Public** tags
23. Configure tag propagation for the assets linked to the term
24. Tag propagation is disabled by default. In this example, we'll enable tag propagation only to the child assets of the linked assets
25. Confirm propagation settings
26. Save the tag to the term
27. Let's examine the linked assets of the term
28. All linked assets are now tagged as **Public**. Let's examine a linked asset for tag propagation
29. In this example, we'll view the child assets (or columns) of the linked table
30. The **Public** tag has been propagated to the child assets of the linked asset as well. Hover over the tag to view propagation details
31. (Optional) Navigate to the originating asset, the linked term in this case