Other common features of a self-service portal

We discussed some of the most common functionalities that companies build on their data mesh portal. Depending on the requirements of the users and how the company is structured, additional features can be added to the portal. Here are some examples of these features:

• Data mesh explorer: A UI that allows users to explore the data mesh. It allows them to see how the mesh is structured, which landing zones are connected to each other and which are not, and what projects run under each landing zone.
• Data mesh health dashboard: A high-level color-coded dashboard showing the health of all the data landing zones. This is a dashboard used by users to immediately check the health of their landing zones when something is not working and before they raise a support request with the operations team.

  There may be other features you might want to add depending on the feedback from the users.

• Data contracts management: As we will see...