Descriptions

Choose the right approach for adding descriptions to your Catalog assets:

Method	Best for
Ingested from source	Descriptions already in your warehouse, BI tool, or dbt. Catalog pulls them automatically.
Upload CSV	Migrating from Snowflake or BigQuery exports, spreadsheets, or tools Catalog doesn't connect to.
Column propagation	Downstream columns that pass through unchanged from a single parent. Descriptions propagate automatically.
Metadata Editor bulk edit	Adding or replacing descriptions across many assets at once. The Metadata Editor page covers Select all matching assets, filter scope, and how many assets Apply All can process in one run.
AI-powered descriptions	Generating descriptions from metadata and lineage when you don't have them yet.
User-generated	Writing descriptions manually in the Catalog UI for individual assets.