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title: How-to Guides
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slug: /how-to-guides
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---
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# How-to Guides
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The How-to Guides will give you a walk through on accomplishing the basic to the most advanced things in OpenMetadata. These step-by-step guides will help get an overview of the features and also help explore the various functionalities.  
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## Features in OpenMetadata
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OpenMetadata is a complete package for data teams to break down team silos, share data assets from multiple sources securely, collaborate around reliable data, and build a documentation-first data culture in the organization.
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{% tilesContainer %}
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{% tile
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    title="Data Discovery"
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    description="Discover the right data assets to make timely business decisions."
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    link="/how-to-guides/data-discovery"
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    icon="discovery"
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/%}
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{% tile
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    title="Data Collaboration"
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    description="Foster data team collaboration to enhance data understanding."
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    link="/how-to-guides/data-collaboration"
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    icon="collaboration"
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/%}
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{% tile
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    title="Data Quality & Observability"
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    description="Trust your data with quality tests & monitor the health of your data systems."
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    link="/how-to-guides/data-quality-observability"
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    icon="observability"
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/%}
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{% tile
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    title="Data Lineage"
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    description="Trace the path of data across tables, pipelines, and dashboards."
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    link="/how-to-guides/data-lineage"
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    icon="lineage"
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/%}
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{% tile
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    title="Data Insights"
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    description="Define KPIs and set goals to proactively hone the data culture of your company."
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    link="/how-to-guides/data-insights"
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    icon="discovery"
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/%}
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{% tile
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    title="Data Governance"
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    description="Enhance your data platform governance using OpenMetadata."
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    link="/how-to-guides/data-governance"
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    icon="governance"
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/%}
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{% /tilesContainer %}
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## Quick Start Guides
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{% tilesContainer %}
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{% tile
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    title="Admin Guide"
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    description="Admin users can get started with OpenMetadata with just three quick and easy steps & know-it-all with the advanced guides."
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    link="/how-to-guides/admin-guide"
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    icon="administration"
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/%}
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{% tile
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    title="Guide for Data Users"
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    description="Get to know the basics of OpenMetadata and about the data assets that you can explore in the all-in-one platform."
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    link="/how-to-guides/guide-for-data-users"
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    icon="steward"
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/%}
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{% /tilesContainer %}
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## How OpenMetadata helps Data Teams?
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OpenMetadata is a complete package for data teams to break down team silos, share data assets from multiple sources securely, collaborate around data, and build a documentation-first data culture in the organization.
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{% note %}
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- Centralized, **Single Source of Truth** for all your metadata.
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- **[Discover](/how-to-guides/data-discovery)** the right assets in time and reduce dependencies.
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- Foster **[Team Collaboration](/how-to-guides/data-collaboration)** with conversations, tasks, announcements, and alerts in real time.
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- Build trust in your data with **[Data Quality Tests](/how-to-guides/data-quality-observability)** to ensure completeness and accuracy.
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- Track your data evolution with end-to-end **[Data Lineage](/how-to-guides/data-lineage)**.
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- Secure access to sensitive data by defining **[Roles and Policies](/how-to-guides/admin-guide/roles-policies)**.
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- Enhance organizational **[Data Culture](/how-to-guides/data-insights)** to gain crucial insights to drive innovation.
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- Define your **[Glossary](/how-to-guides/data-governance/glossary)** to build a common understanding of terms within your organization.
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- Implement **[Data Governance](/how-to-guides/data-governance)** to maintain data integrity, security, and compliance.
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{% /note %}
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