Adding assets to a catalog
You can add assets to a catalog to share them with other catalog collaborators. Assets might contain up to 5000 columns, duplicate names. You might add an asset to a catalog multiple times.
- Required permissions
- You must have the Editor or Admin role in the catalog to add assets to it.
To add an asset to a catalog, click Add to catalog on the catalog Browse page, import metadata, or publish assets from a project:
- Add a data file
- Add a connection
- Add data from a connection
- Add a connected folder asset from a connection
- Add a COBOL copybook asset
- Import metadata
Custom asset types, properties, and relationships
To add a custom asset to a catalog:
- In a catalog, click the Add to catalog dropdown and select Custom asset.
- Assign a name and specificy the custom asset type.
- Click Create.
To learn how to create a custom asset type, see Creating custom asset types.
Watch this short video to see how to add assets to a catalog.
This video provides a visual method to learn the concepts and tasks in this documentation.
Next steps
- Editing asset properties
- Controlling access to an asset
- Adding a catalog asset to a project to refine or analyze it
- Profiling an asset
- Publish assets from a project
Parent topic: Catalog assets