What is our primary use case?
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is utilized for data cataloging and governance-related queries in my daily work. We use it to catalog customer data across multiple sources, classify sensitive information, and establish end-to-end lineage. We integrate and capture metadata while performing data cataloging, extracting lineages, creating business glossaries, and conducting impact analysis, along with the assignment of stewards.
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog gives our business and technical teams a common view. We have been utilizing it for our current project analysis.
What is most valuable?
The best features that Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog offers include data lineages, which help track sources, along with automatic data discovery and data classifications that allow the classification of PII data. Impact analysis for downstream data sets and data quality integration that brings data quality information into the catalog are also valuable.
Data lineage and automatic data discovery from Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog have helped my team as it scans our data sources, such as Snowflake, and automatically discovers the tables, columns, and schemas we want to extract as technical assets.
The features of search, data discovery, governance, and stewardship are covered effectively. Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog has impacted my organization positively by improving our search in terms of data discovery and providing a centralized platform for all business users, whether technical or business. This has resulted in better data transparency, compliance, and security on sensitive information, while also enhancing collaboration and building high trust in the data with data quality efforts initiated.
What needs improvement?
There should be a better experience for search, making it more intuitive for business users, along with stronger user adoption specific to business users. Improvements in lineage usability are needed, as well as the need for more seamless integrations between different sources. UI improvements have been covered, and documentation appears adequate.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog for around three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is definitely stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is highly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support for Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog works effectively for us in terms of technical assistance and reference documentation.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before choosing Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, we evaluated other options such as Collibra, but we have utilized Informatica for our project purpose.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment due to time savings in data discovery, faster impact analysis, and compliance-related benefits from quicker identification of sensitive data. Increased data reuse translates to approximately 100 analysts saving around an hour per week through faster data discovery.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog was positive.
What other advice do I have?
My advice for others looking into using Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is to have a well-defined use case, start small, and then scale gradually. I would rate this product an 8 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
