Microsoft Purview · Tenant-Level Governance

Data Estate Insights Readers

Tenant-level role group providing read-only access to all insights reports across platforms and providers in the classic Data Catalog.

Scope: Read-only access to all Data Estate Insights across the entire organization

Permissions

  • View all Data Estate Insights reports organization-wide
  • Access insights across all platforms and data providers
  • View asset distribution and classification analytics
  • Access sensitivity labeling reports and coverage metrics
  • View scan history and metadata ingestion statistics
  • Access glossary term usage and adoption insights
  • Read Data Map objects and metadata
  • Export insights reports for governance reporting

Common use cases

  • Executive dashboards for data governance program health
  • Board and audit committee reporting on data estate posture
  • Compliance reporting on classification and labeling coverage
  • Management visibility into catalog adoption and usage
  • External auditors reviewing data governance maturity
  • Data governance program metrics and KPI tracking

Best practices

  • Assign broadly to executives and stakeholders needing governance visibility
  • Use for regular governance program health reporting
  • Generate monthly or quarterly insights reports for leadership
  • Combine with Power BI for custom executive dashboards
  • Share insights with business unit leaders to drive catalog adoption
  • Use during audits to demonstrate governance maturity

Security considerations

  • Read-only access with no modification capabilities
  • Insights may reveal organizational data governance gaps
  • Safe for external auditors during assessments
  • Cannot access underlying sensitive data content
  • Aggregate metrics only - no individual asset modification

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