Understand the Basic Fields

The Catalogue lists all fields available in your Zeotap organisation, along with their configuration details. Understanding these fields helps you correctly map source data, set appropriate data types, and manage PII handling. The table below describes each field you will encounter in the Catalogue.

Field Name	Description
Source Field Name	This is the list of source fields that is mapped to a catalogue field, coming from different sources defined in your Zeotap Organisation.This is the name of the field that you bring as a data point from your source through a file or from any of your streaming sources.
Catalogue Field Name	This is the list of fields available in your Zeotap catalogue for mapping
Description	A free-text field where you can enter details about the catalogue field to help identify its purpose. This is useful when managing a large number of fields in the catalogue.
Mapped Sources	This is the list of sources in which the particular catalogue field and source fields are mapped.
Data Field Name	The internal system name assigned to the catalogue field. It is auto-generated based on the Catalogue Field Name and cannot be edited.
Category	This indicates the category of your field and can have the following values. To know more about each category, refer to Knowing the Category Fields.
Data Type	This indicates the data type of the value that will be stored in this field.Note: An incorrect data type may lead to an ingestion failure.
Raw PII	When set to Yes, this field contains sensitive PII information of the user. Note: All the PII flagged field are additionally encrypted and are not available for data filtering or viewing across the Zeotap UI.