# Administer Pentaho Data Catalog

Use this guide to configure, secure, and maintain Pentaho Data Catalog after deployment.

The Admin guide helps you control access, connect and maintain source systems, configure governance settings, support ingestion and processing, and maintain platform behavior in production.

Use this guide when you need to:

* set up users, permissions, access requests, or licensing
* connect data sources and maintain ingestion-related assets
* configure glossary, properties, labels, rules, and other governance controls
* support BI, physical asset, and ML model metadata
* tune schedules, workers, advanced settings, logging, backup, or troubleshooting

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This guide is primarily for platform administrators, operations teams, security administrators, and integration administrators. Some topics can also be completed by a data steward or by the owner of a data source, depending on permissions and responsibility.
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### Browse by admin area

Choose one of these paths to begin.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>Access and security</h4></td><td>Configure roles, communities, access requests, and offline licensing.</td><td><ul><li>Users and permissions</li><li>Access requests</li><li>Offline licensing</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Connectivity and ingestion</h4></td><td>Add source connections and configure the assets and jobs that support ingestion workflows.</td><td><ul><li>Data sources</li><li>Applications</li><li>Data operations</li><li>Data pipe templates</li><li>Workflow templates</li><li>Schedules</li><li>Worker processes</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Governance and metadata configuration</h4></td><td>Set up the structures and controls that help organize and govern catalog content.</td><td><ul><li>Collections</li><li>Business glossary</li><li>Policies and standards</li><li>Rules</li><li>Associations</li><li>Properties</li><li>Custom properties</li><li>Data labels</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Identification and enrichment</h4></td><td>Configure the logic used for discovery, matching, and classification.</td><td><ul><li>Data identification methods</li><li>Dictionaries</li><li>Data patterns</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Domain-specific administration</h4></td><td>Configure and maintain metadata for specialized domains.</td><td><ul><li>Business Intelligence components</li><li>Physical assets</li><li>Machine Learning models</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><h4>Platform operations</h4></td><td>Update system settings, configure operational reporting, prepare recovery, and resolve issues.</td><td><ul><li>Advanced configuration</li><li>Troubleshooting Pentaho Data Catalog</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### Choose the right guide

Use the guide that matches your task.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>What's new</h4></td><td>Discover the latest PDC features!</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Install</h4></td><td>Install, deploy, or upgrade Pentaho Data Catalog</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Getting Started</h4></td><td>set up and begin using PDC</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Use PDC</h4></td><td>Explore data and use Pentaho Data Catalog features</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Administer</h4></td><td>Configure, secure, and maintain PDC after deployment</td></tr><tr><td><h4>API documentation</h4></td><td>Authenticate and work with public endpoints</td></tr></tbody></table>


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