You can edit asset properties to enrich the information about the asset, regardless of whether the asset is custom or predefined. For example, you can add business terms to an asset, change its owner, or edit the asset name.
Required permissions
To edit asset properties, you must have one of the following roles in the catalog:
- Admin
- Editor and an asset member or asset owner
Some properties require other permissions to edit. The following table shows the asset property tasks that you can complete depending on your catalog role.
| Permission | Tasks |
|---|---|
| Admin + asset owner or member | All tasks |
| Admin | All tasks, except managing private assets |
| Editor + asset owner or member | All tasks |
| Editor | Modify tags, edit your reviews, and edit connections that you created |
| Viewer | Edit your reviews and connections that you created |
Procedure
To edit an asset property, locate the asset in the catalog, and open it to view its properties. The asset properties are available in the side pane and in the page tabs. The following image shows the properties that you can edit in the Overview page and the side pane.
Use the following table to find and edit the properties that you want to change.
| Editable property | How to edit | Required conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Click the edit ( ) icon next to the asset name. |
• Admin • Editor + asset owner or member |
| Description | In the side pane, click the edit () icon next to the asset description. |
• Admin • Editor + asset owner or member |
| Asset owner | In the side pane, click the edit () icon next to Asset owner. |
• Admin • Editor + asset owner or member |
| Asset access | In the side pane, click the edit () icon next to Privacy. See Controlling access to an asset in a catalog. |
Public assets: • Admin • Editor + asset owner or member Private assets: Asset owner or member |
| Format | In the side pane, click the edit () icon next to the asset format. |
• Admin • Editor + asset owner or member |
| Personal connection details | To modify your own credentials, click the name of the connection under Source in the side pane. To add a connection, open the Asset page. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog. |
Any role |
| Tags | In the side pane, click the add (+) or (-) remove icon next to the tag. | When the asset is affected by a data protection rule, an editor must be a member or owner of the asset. |
| Governance artifacts | In the Overview page, add or delete classifications, business terms, and data classes by using the add (+) or remove (-) icons. | • Admin + asset owner or member • Editor + asset owner or member |
| Asset relationships | In the Overview page, scroll to the Related items section. To add a relationship, click Add assets. See Adding asset relationships. To remove a relationship, click the remove (-) icon next to the relationship. |
• Admin • Editor + asset owner or member |
| Column properties | In the Overview page, click a column row, and edit the column properties in the side pane. | • Admin • Editor + asset owner or member |
| Ratings and reviews | In the Review page, edit or remove your own reviews. | Any role |
You can use the assetframe-lib Python library (beta) to edit feature group information for data assets. See Managing feature groups with assetframe-lib for Python (beta).
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Parent topic: Catalog assets