# Use Pentaho Data Catalog

Learn how to use Pentaho Data Catalog to ingest, profile, and curate structured and unstructured data through a combination of automation and machine learning. Whether you are a business user, data steward, developer, or administrator, this guide helps you get the most out of Data Catalog’s powerful capabilities to unlock the value of your data.

Pentaho Data Catalog enables you to ingest, profile, and curate structured and unstructured data at scale using automation and machine learning. It builds a secure and comprehensive inventory of your data assets, making them accessible, trustworthy, and aligned with your business needs.

With Data Catalog, you can:

* Discover and inventory data assets from diverse sources — databases, filesystems, cloud storage, and more.
* Automatically profile data quality and identify sensitive information.
* Organize data with business terms, policies, labels, and lineage to improve governance.
* Empower self-service data exploration with robust search, filtering, and visualization tools.
* Collaborate effectively across teams with role-based access control and audit trails.


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