Ingested descriptions from Source

If documentation already exists in the source where assets live, Catalog can pull that information in automatically during metadata ingestion. This includes things like column, field, table, and dashboard descriptions.

For example:

• Column-level descriptions from warehouses like Snowflake or BigQuery

• Dashboard-level descriptions from BI tools like Looker or Tableau

Once ingested, you're free to leave the source descriptions as they are or enrich them by adding a Catalog-native description.

This method helps keep documentation in sync with upstream systems and reduces duplication of effort. It’s especially useful when teams already maintain good metadata practices at the source.

In this example, a table description was imported directly from Snowflake and a Catalog description has been added on top.