> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://v2.dataos.info/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://v2.dataos.info/consume/evaluate/assets/overview.md).

# Overview

The Assets overview shows how assets connect inside a Data Product. Use it to trace data from source inputs through curated outputs, semantic models, and metrics, before you decide what to query.

Open the **Assets** tab and stay on **Overview**. The graph renders assets as nodes and relationships as arrows; the left panel lists them grouped by section.

![Assets overview graph with columns shown inside each node](/files/ogvvqrDE1LZP4I3xoadZ)

## Read the graph

<table><thead><tr><th width="158.296875">Element</th><th>What it tells you</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Node</td><td>An asset you can inspect or query: a seed, input, output, semantic model, or metric</td></tr><tr><td>Edge</td><td>How data flows from one asset to another, so you can see what feeds what</td></tr><tr><td>Direction</td><td>Follow the arrows from source assets to downstream assets to see where data ends up</td></tr><tr><td>Asset type</td><td>Icons and labels that tell datasets, models, and metrics apart at a glance</td></tr></tbody></table>

Turn on the **Columns** toggle to expand each node into its columns and follow a specific field from one asset to the next. To confirm where a field originates, trace it column by column across the graph.

## Tame a large graph

Big products produce dense graphs. The **Chart configuration** panel (the gear icon) cuts the view to what you care about: toggle node types (external tables, views, seeds, models, semantic models, metrics), control column display, set line style, and isolate a node's direct links on click. You can also search by asset name and download the graph as PNG or SVG.

## Open lineage

Select **View lineage** on any asset to open its full dependency graph. Lineage answers where a field comes from, where it is reused, and which downstream assets a change can affect.

Next: [Seeds](/consume/evaluate/assets/seeds.md).


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