Organizing assets with folders (beta)
Use beta folders to organize assets in your projects.
You can create nested folders, and there is no limit to the number of folders you can create.
- Required permissions
- You must have the Admin or Editor role in a project to create or manage folders and their contents.
- Prerequisite
- Folders must be enabled by a project Admin. See Enabling folders.
Restrictions
- After you enable folders, you cannot disable them.
- Collaborators with the Viewer role cannot enable, create, or edit folders.
- In beta, you cannot move some asset types from the root folder into a folder you create. See Assets types that you can move.
Assets types that you can move into folders
You can move the following assets from the root folder into a folder you’ve created:
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Connections
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Data assets
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DataStage flows
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DataStage components
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Parameter sets
Creating folders
Collaborators with the Viewer role cannot create folders.
To create folders:
- From the Assets tab of your project, select the Folders tab in the All assets pane.
- Click the New folder icon
, then click New folder. - Enter a name for the folder, and click Create.
Moving assets into folders
To move assets into folders:
- From the Assets tab of your project, click the overflow menu next to an asset and select Move to folder. To move multiple assets at one time, select multiple assets on the Assets tab and select Move to folder.
- Select the folder and click Move.
Parent topic: Managing assets