Quick Start

The Home page provides a central location for accessing the business tools available to you based on your role, such as business glossary, data canvas, and dashboards. You can also access your user profile and notifications from the top menu bar, or use the menu bar on the left to navigate to different features in the product. If you know what you are looking for, you can begin searching your data in your catalog on this page.

Access the top user menu to view notifications, manage your user profile, and log out. View the following table for details about these features:

Icon	Name	Function
	Notification	Click the icon to display a list of notifications about job events. For each notification, you can: Click an entry in the list to open the Job Activity page and view the logs and details for the selected job. Click the More actions icon for a specific notification and select Mark as read or Remove. When the Information icon displays next to a notification, it signals that a job is in progress. A green check mark signals a successfully completed job. Your unread notifications appear in bold.
	Profile	Click the Profile icon to open the User Profile page or to log out of Data Catalog.

You can also start searching your metadata on the Home page. Enter keywords or click in the search box to begin. You can search across the metadata in threee ways: performing a global keyword search across all the resources or fields available to you, reuse a previously entered or saved search, or run an advanced search. For more information about searching in Data Catalog, see Searching Data Catalog.

Use the navigation menu bar on the left of the page to access the key features available to you in Data Catalog. The following is a list of the menu icons and what features they open:

Icon	Name	Feature
	Home	Returns you to the Home page from your current location in Data Catalog.
	Search	Opens the global search page loaded with the results from the last search performed. For more information about the Search tool, see Searching Data Catalog.
	Bookmarks	When you mark a resource as a favorite, it appears in your Bookmarks page. This page contains a list of all the data resources that you have marked as favorites. Click a favorite resource to open it in the Data Canvas.
	Data Canvas	Explore your data in the Data Canvas. For more information, see Data Canvas.
	Data Rationalization	Identify and analyze copies and overlaps of the data in your data lake in the Data Rationalization dashboard. For more information, see Data rationalization.
	Glossary	Opens the Business Glossary page where you can create, organize, and curate business terms to help you navigate your data. For more information, see Managing business glossaries.
	Tools	Configure system settings and integrate with other systems in the Tools page.
	Management	Manage your data sources, virtual folders, agents, jobs, business rules, user roles, and more in the Manage Your Environment page.

When you navigate to the Home page, you can see quick access cards for LDC features associated with your role and permissions. For example, if you are a data steward, you may see cards for curating business glossaries and exploring data in the data canvas. If you are a system administator, you may see additional cards for viewing dashboards, monitoring job activity, and managing your environment.