AI Description Editor

Use Secoda's AI Description Editor to efficiently generate and edit resource descriptions.

Overview

The AI Description Editor is a powerful tool in Secoda that integrates seamlessly into your Catalog, Dictionary, and Collections. It enables one-click bulk edits to the Description field, significantly accelerating the process of enriching metadata with consistent and relevant content.

How It Works

The AI Assistant generates descriptions for your resources by analyzing existing metadata in your workspace. It adjusts to match the tone and style prevalent in your current descriptions, ensuring consistency across the board. You have the flexibility to accept the suggested description, request additional iterations, or directly edit the text as needed.

Admins can further tailor the auto-generated descriptions by providing Descriptions custom instructions in the AI Settings.

How to add AI-generated descriptions

To utilize AI-generated descriptions, ensure the AI Assistant is activated in your workspace. An Admin must enable this feature through the following steps.

In the Catalog

The AI can generate descriptions at both the column and table level. Follow these steps:

Individual Resource Descriptions:

1. Navigate to the Catalog and select a table or column.

2. Click the purple "Add Description" button adjacent to the description field.

3. You can ☑️keep the AI-generated description, request a new one by clicking 🔃 Try again, or ❌ reject it.

4. See the description filled out automatically!

Bulk Description Edits:

1. Select multiple resources by ticking the boxes next to each Column Title, or select all checking the top left button.

2. Choose "Apply AI Description" from the Command bar.

3. A notification will appear in the corner of your screen showing the progress of the bulk metadata generation. Once completed, descriptions will automatically update in your Catalog.

4. Once complete, the descriptions will automatically appear in your Catalog!

If you'd like to add more content to the description, you can simply click into the description to edit them.

In the Dictionary and Collections

This feature can also be used to add descriptions to your Dictionary metrics and Collections. Simply click into those sections and follow the same steps outlined above!