Naming Convention for UC Data recommendations in Catalog tree

[k_wilder_db]

Hi everyone,

We're considering bringing a section called "For You" in the catalog tree view into the Catalog Explorer tab. Right now this section surfaces active tables and favorited UC objects in authoring surfaces (SQL Editor, Notebooks, and Dashboards). However, we've heard some feedback that accessing some of these recommendations would be useful in the Catalog Explorer.

Moving forward, we'd like to also introduce recents and frequently used assets to this section for quicker navigation but one thing we are considering is the right naming convention for this section. We would love your input on a few options and any additional feedback you might have! If you have more general UC discovery feedback, let me know and I'd love to set up a follow up call.

Option 1: Keep recommendation section as "For You"

Option 2: Rename recommendation section to "For Me"

Option 3: Rename recommendation section to "Go To"

Option 4: Rename recommendation section to "Jump In"

Thanks,

Kristen

[Rjdudley · Accepted solution]

Personally I prefer the idea of "pinned" more so than "recent".  I may be helping a teammate debug something all day, and all those notebooks or tables don't have much relationship to my work.  Then the value of recent is lost to me.  Same if I'm just exploring some tables.

I see the "for you" in the notebook catalog explorer, which is honestly the catalog I use the most.  I guess someone with a different role could be more catalog based.  "For you" is always a little weird because it implies a recommendation based on previous usage, and it seems more difficult than it should be to clear that out when we switch to other features, it takes time for the new stuff to stick in the recommendation.  If you're going to go with pinning, then "pinned" or "favorites" would suffice for me.

I might be the only person who does this, but I pin and un-pin folders from my Windows quick list  and rearrange the chats in Teams as work changes.

[k_wilder_db]

That makes a lot of sense! We're considering revamping it to not have the For You pills and to put the favorites up at the top