Custom Tags

You can create as many custom tags in Secoda as you'd like, and tags are a great way to categorize your assets.

How to Create Custom Tags
1.Navigate to Workspace settings by clicking the Settings tab in the sidebar
2.Under Workspace settings, select Tags
3.Click the Create tag button to create a new tag
4.Enter Name, Tag Description, and choose a logo and color to represent the tag
1.The number you see under the Tag is the Hex code for the colour of the tag which can be customized
Use cases
Tags are mainly used for categorization purposes, opposed to Collections which are like folders. Many customers use custom tags to differentiate between types of data. Some common examples:
"Production" vs. "Test"
Business-Related
"SOPs" - Standard operating procedures
"Critical Data" - Business critical data elements
"Key Account" - High-priority important accounts
Certificates (to be more specific with the Verified Identifier tag)
"Verified" - The resource and its metadata is accepted and approved by the business and ready to be used
"In review" - The owner or stakeholders are reviewing the resource
"Draft" - Resource is pending, work in progress, may have some issues
"Deprecated" - Should not be used, is outdated or stale
Security classifications (to be more specific with the PII Identifier tag)
Confidential
Restricted
Public