Model Governance and dbt-enabled fields may not be available by default and might need to be enabled upon request. Please contact your account manager for more information.
This feature allows editing metadata, including Model Governance - Fields (MG fields), directly from the diagram without switching to the Database Documentation. It simplifies documentation workflows by enabling quick access to content options, dbt properties, and MG fields inline.
Metadata panel
The metadata bottom panel opens minimized when selecting objects on the diagram:
- Tables: Opens with Metadata and Data preview (if available).
- Views, Materialized Views: Opens with Logic, Metadata, and Data preview.
- Procedures & Functions: Opens with SQL Script only.
The panel can be expanded using:
- Column editor icon (with hover tooltip)
- Object context menu on the diagram (three-dot menu -> View metadata)
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Any part of the collapsed panel (opens the first tab by default)
The metadata bottom panel opens expanded if the object is selected from the Database explorer.
Metadata panel functionality
- After expanding the panel, use Field settings to manage field visibility.
Field settings allows selecting which field groups are shown (similar to Metadata and fields in Database Documentation):
- DDL and metadata
- dbt properties
- Model governance fields (if enabled)
- Semantic modeling
Field presets - frequently used fields can be saved for quick recall and multiple presets can be maintained if switching between tasks like governance, modeling or dbt.
Note that presets are saved per project (as governance fields may vary), on individual user level (i.e., will not affect other users), on the browser cache (switching browsers, computers, or clearing cache will invalidate saved presets).
Metadata panel allows to
- edit DB documentation content.
- assign MG fields and dbt properties to objects.
See also