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# Governance

- [Introduction](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure.md): Select your use case
- [Automate Data Access Control Decisions](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions.md)
- [The Two Paths: Orchestrated RBAC and ABAC](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/the-two-paths.md): Orchestrated RBAC and ABA
- [Managing User Metadata](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/managing-user-metadata.md)
- [Managing Data Metadata](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/managing-data-metadata.md)
- [Author Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/author-policy.md)
- [Test and Deploy Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/test-and-deploy-policy.md)
- [Compliantly Open More Sensitive Data for ML and Analytics](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/compliantly-open-more-sensitive-data-for-ml-and-analytics.md)
- [Managing User Metadata](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/compliantly-open-more-sensitive-data-for-ml-and-analytics/open-managing-user-metadata.md)
- [Managing Data Metadata](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/compliantly-open-more-sensitive-data-for-ml-and-analytics/open-managing-data-metadata.md)
- [Author Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/getting-started-with-secure/compliantly-open-more-sensitive-data-for-ml-and-analytics/open-author-policy.md)
- [Author Policies for Data Access Control](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control.md)
- [Introduction](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction.md)
- [Scalability and Evolvability](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/scalability-and-evolvability.md)
- [Understandability](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/understandability.md)
- [Distributed Stewardship](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/distributed-stewardship.md)
- [Consistency](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/consistency.md)
- [Availability of Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/availability-of-data.md)
- [Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure.md)
- [Authoring Policies at Scale](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/policies-explained.md)
- [Data Engineering with Limited Policy Downtime](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/dbt-transform-workflow.md)
- [Subscription Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents.md)
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides.md)
- [Author a Subscription Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides/subscription-policy-tutorial.md)
- [Author an ABAC Subscription Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides/abac-subscription-policy.md)
- [Subscription Policies Advanced DSL Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides/advanced-dsl-policies.md)
- [Author a Restricted Subscription Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides/restricted-subscription-policies.md)
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides.md)
- [Subscription Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides/subscription-policies.md)
- [Subscription Policy Access Types](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides/subscription-access-types.md)
- [Advanced Use of Special Functions](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides/advanced-special-functions.md)
- [Data Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies.md)
- [Overview](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/data-policy-overview.md)
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides.md)
- [Author a Masking Data Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/data-policy-tutorial.md)
- [Author a Minimization Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/minimization-tutorial.md)
- [Author a Purpose-Based Restriction Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/purpose-tutorial.md)
- [Author a Restricted Data Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/restricted-data-policies.md)
- [Author a Row-Level Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/row-redaction-tutorial.md)
- [Author a Time-Based Restriction Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/time-based-tutorial.md)
- [Policy Certifications and Diffs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/manage-policies-per-data-source.md)
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides.md)
- [Data Policy Types](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/data-policies.md)
- [Masking Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/masking-matrix-functions.md)
- [Row-Level Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/row-redaction-explained.md)
- [Custom WHERE Clause Functions](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/custom-where-clause-functions.md)
- [Data Policy Conflicts and Fallback](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/data-policy-conflicts.md)
- [Custom Data Policy Certifications](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/custom-policy-certifications.md)
- [Orchestrated Masking Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/orchestrated-masking-policies.md)
- [Clone, Activate, or Stage a Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/clone-activate-stage.md)
- [Projects and Purpose-Based Access Control](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control.md)
- [Projects and Purpose Controls](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls.md)
- [Getting Started](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/getting-started.md)
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/how-to-guides.md)
- [Create a Project](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/how-to-guides/create-project-tutorial.md)
- [Create and Manage Purposes](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/how-to-guides/purposes-tutorial.md)
- [Project Management](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/how-to-guides/project-management.md)
- [Manage Projects and Project Settings](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/how-to-guides/project-management/manage-projects.md)
- [Manage Project Data Sources](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/how-to-guides/project-management/manage-data-sources.md)
- [Manage Project Members](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/how-to-guides/project-management/manage-members.md)
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/reference-guides.md)
- [Projects and Purposes](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/reference-guides/projects.md)
- [Why Use Purposes?](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls/purposes-explained.md)
- [Equalized Access](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/equalized-access.md)
- [Manage Project Equalization](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/equalized-access/manage-equalization.md)
- [Project Equalization Reference Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/equalized-access/equalization.md): Project equalization
- [Why Use Project Equalization?](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/equalized-access/equalization-explained.md)
- [Masked Joins](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/masked-joins.md)
- [Enable Masked Joins](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/masked-joins/enable-masked-joins.md)
- [Why Use Masked Joins?](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/masked-joins/masked-joins-explained.md)
- [Writing to Projects](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/writing-to-projects.md)
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/writing-to-projects/how-to-guides.md)
- [Create and Manage Databricks Spark Project Workspaces](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/writing-to-projects/how-to-guides/databricks-native-workspace-tutorial.md)
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/writing-to-projects/reference-guides.md)
- [Project UDFs (Databricks)](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/writing-to-projects/reference-guides/project-udfs.md)
- [Observe Access and Activity](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity.md)
- [Introduction](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/detect-introduction.md)
- [Audit](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit.md)
- [How-to Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/how-to-guides.md)
- [Run Governance Reports](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/how-to-guides/governor-guide.md)
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides.md)
- [Universal Audit Model (UAM)](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/universal-audit-model-uam.md)
- [UAM Schema](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/universal-audit-model-uam/uam-schema.md)
- [Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs.md)
- [Snowflake Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/snowflake.md)
- [Databricks Unity Catalog Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/databricks-uc.md)
- [Databricks Spark Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/databricks.md)
- [Starburst (Trino) Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/trino.md)
- [Governance Report Types](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/reports.md)
- [Unknown Users in Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/unknown-user.md)
- [Dashboards](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/detection.md)
- [Use the Audit Dashboards How-To Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/detection/use-dashboards.md)
- [Audit Dashboards Reference Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/detection/detect-concept.md)
- [Monitors](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/monitors.md)
- [Manage Monitors and Observations](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/monitors/create-monitor.md)
- [Monitors Reference Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/detect-your-activity/monitors/detect-monitors-reference-guide.md)
- [Access Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers.md)
- [Subscribe to a Data Source](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/subscribe-to-data-source.md)
- [Query Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data.md)
- [Querying Snowflake Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data/snowflake.md)
- [Querying Databricks Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data/databricks.md)
- [Querying Databricks SQL Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data/databricks-sql.md)
- [Querying Starburst (Trino) Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data/trino.md)
- [Querying Redshift Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data/redshift.md)
- [Querying Azure Synapse Analytics Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data/synapse.md)
- [Connect to a Database Tool to Run Ad Hoc Queries](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/query-data/connect-to-a-database-tool-to-run-ad-hoc-queries.md)
- [Subscribe to Projects](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/project-member-guide.md)
- [Impersonate a User](https://documentation.immuta.com/2025.1/governance/data-consumers/user-impersonation.md)


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