Jump Start Your Metadata Management Journey

A common goal for every data governance team is to provide access to metadata for all the data a company has at its fingertips. Often, providing this access leads companies to purchase third-party tools to surface the information. But what if we told you that you don’t have to wait on those tools to begin discovering and utilizing your metadata?

Did you know almost all databases contain a metadata schema that allows you to query and review information related to the tables, views, and columns within the database? You can find information about data type, length, precision, scale, nullability, and more. These schemas may even hold fields that allow you to describe the tables, views, and columns in your own language.

This session will provide guidelines for identifying ways to extract and share your metadata using tools you may already own to jump-start your metadata management journey. If you are wondering where and how to focus your data governance efforts or don't yet have data governance tools, harnessing the power of your metadata is a great way to start!

This session will cover the following:

• Why metadata is important
• Benefits of starting now
• How to access your database metadata
• What metadata is available
• Ways to share your findings
• Evaluating the tools you already own to do all of this

Speakers: Nichole Blight and Jimm Johnson

Nichole Blight

Nichole Blight is a Data Governance Analyst with HireRight, LLC (the leading global background screening solution provider), where she is helping establish data literacy, metadata, and data quality capabilities along with DG Office operations. Prior to that, she helped mature data governance at Root Insurance and gained experience in analytics and dashboarding at both Cardinal Health and Verizon. She has been in the data and analytics space for seven years.

Jimm Johnson

Jimm Johnson is the Data Governance Manager at HireRight (the leading global background screening solution provider), where he is helping build their enterprise data governance program. Prior to that, he was at Scripps Health (one of the largest integrated health systems in San Diego), launching their data governance program in tandem with the company's electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle platform implementation and to support their enterprise analytics strategy and elevate data literacy capabilities. Jimm has over 25 years of DG, EDW/BI, analytics, and IT experience across the banking, health care, health insurance, pharmaceutical, and restaurant industries.