How-to | Generate dataset metadata#

Metadata describes important information about a dataset and its columns. It can help understand the data, how a dataset is built, its goal, and how it deals with compliance and data quality concerns.

After enabling this feature, Dataiku allows you to generate the metadata of a dataset with an AI Assistant.

  1. Click on the dataset you want to generate the metadata from.

  2. Navigate to the Details (Details icon.) tab.

  3. Click Generate Metadata.

  4. Click the checkmark (Checkmark icon.) to approve the generated description.

    Note

    If there is no existing description, Dataiku automatically approves the generated one.

  5. Click See Suggested Column Descriptions.

  6. Approve the column descriptions by clicking Approve And Use As Descriptions.

Dataiku screenshot of the AI assistant generating the metadata of a dataset.