Concept | Governance layers

When you govern an item, you initialize a way to manage, oversee, and monitor it. Let’s investigate what it means to add a governance layer to an item in Dataiku Govern.

Row items

Each row of a table in Dataiku Govern represents an item.

Type	Description
Dataiku item	Is synchronized with and imported from another Dataiku node Appears gray in tables Is not tracked or managed
Govern item	Is a layer created when you govern a Dataiku item Contains all of the information you need about descriptions, workflows, reviews, history, and more

Information hierarchy

Before you govern your first item, it is useful to understand the hierarchy of Dataiku items and how they are governed. This tree diagram shows an example of an item hierarchy, including some governance layers.

As you can see, you can govern:

• Projects

• Models

• Model versions

• Bundles

When you choose to govern a model, model version, or bundle, you do not need to govern other items at the same level of the structure. However, each parent item must be governed.

Note

Be aware that business initiatives are not Dataiku items that can be governed. However, they remain at the top of the information hierarchy.