> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance.md).

# Governance

- [Introduction](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/getting-started-with-secure.md): Select your use case
- [Automate Data Access Control Decisions](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions.md)
- [The Two Paths: Orchestrated RBAC and ABAC](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/managing-user-metadata.md)
- [Managing Data Metadata](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/managing-data-metadata.md)
- [Author Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/getting-started-with-secure/automate-data-access-control-decisions/author-policy.md)
- [Test and Deploy Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/getting-started-with-secure/compliantly-open-more-sensitive-data-for-ml-and-analytics.md)
- [Managing User Metadata](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control.md)
- [Introduction](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction.md): Understand the governance principles behind the design of Immuta
- [Scalability and Evolvability](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/scalability-and-evolvability.md): Understand how attribute-based access control compares to role-based access control
- [Understandability](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/understandability.md): Understand the importance of clear, comprehensible policy enforcement
- [Distributed Stewardship](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/distributed-stewardship.md): Understand the importance of separation of duties
- [Consistency](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/consistency.md): Understand the importance of consistent policy enforcement across platforms
- [Availability of Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction/availability-of-data.md): Understand how anonymization techniques can safely make more data available for users
- [Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure.md): Learn about the policy types available in Immuta to enforce access controls
- [Authoring Policies at Scale](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/policies-explained.md)
- [Data Engineering with Limited Policy Downtime](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/dbt-transform-workflow.md): Minimize policy downtime as you execute transforms using dbt or other transform tools
- [Subscription Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents.md): Learn how to manage table-level access with subscription policies
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides/subscription-policy-tutorial.md): Build a subscription policy to grant table-level access to users
- [Author an ABAC Subscription Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides/abac-subscription-policy.md): Build a subscription policy that enforces access controls based on users' groups or attributes
- [Subscription Policies Advanced DSL Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/how-to-guides/restricted-subscription-policies.md): Build a subscription policy that applies only to data sources you own
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides.md)
- [Subscription Policies Reference Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides/subscription-policies.md): Learn how grant and guardrail subscription policies protect and grant access to data
- [Subscription Policy Access Types](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides/subscription-access-types.md): Learn what data platforms support read and write access subscription policies
- [Advanced DSL Policy Builder Functions and Variables](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/section-contents/reference-guides/advanced-special-functions.md): Learn about the definitions and behavior of the variables and functions supported in the advanced DSL policy builder
- [Data Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies.md): Learn how to manage row-, column-, and cell-level access with data policies
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/data-policy-tutorial.md): Build a policy that masks columns for users
- [Author a Minimization Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/minimization-tutorial.md): Build a policy that limits the amount of data returned for users
- [Author a Purpose-Based Restriction Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/purpose-tutorial.md): Build a policy that limits access to a specific purpose
- [Author a Restricted Data Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/restricted-data-policies.md): Build a data policy that only applies to data sources you own
- [Author a Reveal Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/author-a-reveal-policy.md): Build a policy that automatically grants exceptions to masking policies
- [Author a Row-Level Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/row-redaction-tutorial.md): Build a policy that limits rows visible to users
- [Author a Time-Based Restriction Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/time-based-tutorial.md): Build a policy that returns data from a specified period of time
- [Policy Certifications and Diffs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/how-to-guides/manage-policies-per-data-source.md): Create certifications for global policies, certify a policy, and view changes made to a data source's policy
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides.md)
- [Data Policies Reference Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/data-policies.md): Learn how protect policies and reveal policies enforce access controls
- [Masking Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/masking-matrix-functions.md): Learn about the types of masking policies Immuta supports
- [Orchestrated Masking Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/masking-matrix-functions/orchestrated-masking-policies.md)
- [Row-Level Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/row-redaction-explained.md): Learn how row-level policies limit what data users are allowed to see once they are granted access to a data source
- [Limit to Purpose Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/limit-to-purpose-policies.md): Learn how purpose policies limit users' access to data
- [Custom WHERE Clause Functions](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/custom-where-clause-functions.md): Learn about the custom WHERE clause functions Immuta supports
- [Lookup Tables](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/data-policies/reference-guides/lookup-tables.md): Learn how lookup tables can be used to reference user metadata
- [Clone, Activate, or Stage a Policy](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure/clone-activate-stage.md): Clone and manage the status of existing global policies
- [Projects and Purpose-Based Access Control](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control.md)
- [Projects and Purpose Controls](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/projects-and-purpose-controls.md)
- [Getting Started](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/equalized-access.md)
- [Manage Project Equalization](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/equalized-access/equalization-explained.md)
- [Masked Joins](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/masked-joins.md)
- [Enable Masked Joins](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control/writing-to-projects.md)
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/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/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity.md): Learn how Immuta monitors your environment
- [Introduction](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/detect-introduction.md): Understand the challenges involved in detecting internal data security risks
- [Audit](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit.md): Learn about the audit capabilities Immuta provides
- [How-to Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/how-to-guides.md)
- [Run Governance Reports](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/how-to-guides/governor-guide.md): Build Immuta governance reports to view user activity across Immuta
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides.md)
- [Universal Audit Model (UAM)](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/universal-audit-model-uam.md)
- [UAM Schema](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/universal-audit-model-uam/uam-schema.md)
- [Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs.md)
- [Snowflake Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/snowflake.md): Learn about the audit schema for Snowflake queries
- [Databricks Unity Catalog Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/databricks-uc.md): Learn about the audit schema for Databricks Unity Catalog queries
- [Databricks Spark Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/databricks.md): Learn about the audit schema for Databricks Spark queries
- [Starburst (Trino) Query Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/query-audit-logs/trino.md): Learn about the audit schema for Starburst and Trino queries
- [Governance Report Types](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/reports.md): Understand the report types available for viewing user activity across Immuta
- [Unknown Users in Audit Logs](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/audit/reference-guides/unknown-user.md): Identify unknown users in query audit logs for Databricks Unity Catalog
- [Dashboards](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/detection.md): Learn about audit dashboards
- [Use the Audit Dashboards How-To Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/detection/use-dashboards.md): Visualize the data being queried by your users with audit dashboards
- [Audit Dashboards Reference Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/detection/detect-concept.md): Learn about the design and capabilities of audit dashboards
- [Notifications](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications.md): Learn how Immuta notifications help you keep track of events from data consumers and data governors
- [How-to Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications/how-to-guides.md)
- [Enable Email Notifications](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications/how-to-guides/enable-email-notifications.md): Enable email notifications for events within Immuta
- [Create a Webhook](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications/how-to-guides/create-a-webhook.md): Create a notification with webhooks for events within Immuta
- [Manage Monitors and Observations](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications/how-to-guides/create-monitor.md)
- [Reference Guides](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications/reference-guides.md)
- [Monitors Reference Guide](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications/reference-guides/detect-monitors-reference-guide.md)
- [Notification Events](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/detect-your-activity/notifications/reference-guides/notification-events.md): Learn about the notification events available within Immuta
- [Access Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers.md): Learn how to subscribe to data sources, query data, and impersonate Immuta users
- [Subscribe to a Data Source](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/subscribe-to-data-source.md): Subscribe, view, and search for data sources
- [Query Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data.md)
- [Querying Snowflake Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data/snowflake.md): Query Immuta-protected data in Snowflake
- [Querying Databricks Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data/databricks.md): Query Immuta-protected data in Databricks
- [Querying Databricks SQL Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data/databricks-sql.md): Query Immuta-protected data in Databricks SQL
- [Querying Starburst (Trino) Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data/trino.md): Query Immuta-protected data in Starburst or Trino
- [Querying Redshift Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data/redshift.md)
- [Querying Azure Synapse Analytics Data](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data/synapse.md): Query Immuta-protected data in Azure Synapse Analytics
- [Connect to a Database Tool to Run Ad Hoc Queries](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/query-data/connect-to-a-database-tool-to-run-ad-hoc-queries.md)
- [Subscribe to Projects](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/project-member-guide.md): Subscribe to a project, add data sources to a project, or switch project contexts
- [Impersonate a User](https://documentation.immuta.com/2026.2/governance/data-consumers/user-impersonation.md): Impersonate another Immuta user


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