Starburst Gravity
Discover, govern, and share
Gravity is a universal discovery, governance, and sharing layer in Starburst Galaxy that enables the management of all data assets connected to Galaxy. With Gravity, data teams benefit from a single point of access from which they can discover, govern, and share their data, regardless of where it’s stored
- Make data consumers and data producers more productive and efficient
- Find data that already exists faster and only spend compute resources on net new data requests
- Secure data based on any input – where it lives, how it is structured, what it contains, or which teams it is relevant to
- Streamline sharing and collaboration between producers and consumers
Simplified and actionable data management from a single pane of glass
Data catalog
At the center of Gravity is an automatic data cataloging solution – simply connect your data, and Gravity pulls in all the relevant metadata directly from the source
Catalog explorer is a centralized hub for all your data assets, enabling you to discover and explore your organization’s data universe effortlessly
- 20+ supported data sources
- Automated schema discovery
- Table-level visibility
Universal search
Whether it’s exploring existing datasets or performing targeted searches for specific information, universal search provides a seamless and efficient experience, enabling data teams to make faster and more informed decisions
Easily search for the names of catalogs, schemas, tables, views, columns, or even your data products
- Searches across clouds, regions, and sources
- Intelligent data discovery
- Refine results with filters and facets
Security and governance
Elevate the security of your data with with centralized governance across disparate sources. Fine-grained access control allows for precise permissions based on catalogs, schema, tables, columns, attributes, or user roles, ensuring authorized access to sensitive information
Trust in Gravity to safeguard your data assets and streamline governance for optimal security and control
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
- Streamlined user management with single sign-on (SSO) and System for cross-domain identity management (SCIM)
Data products
Natively curate, share, and govern data products. Data teams can easily create new data products by seamlessly joining data from your data lake and surrounding sources without the hassle of data movement
Data products maximize the potential of data assets with reliable self-service analytics for business users, allowing them to explore, visualize, and derive insights independently and quickly
- Create single- and multi-source data products
- Assign individual compute resources
- Audit trails and query history
