Adding assets to a catalog (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
You can add assets to a catalog to share them with other catalog collaborators. Assets can contain up to 5000 columns, can contain duplicate names, and can be added 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 file
- Add a connection
- Add data from a connection
- Add a connected folder asset from a connection
- Import metadata
- Adding COBOL copybook assets
Watch the following video to see how to add assets to a catalog.
This video provides a visual method as an alternative to following the written steps in this documentation.
Custom asset types, properties, and relationships
You can create custom asset types and add the assets that are defined by these custom asset types to the catalog by using the Watson Data APIs. The newly created asset types are searchable in the catalog.
Both custom asset types and the predefined asset types can have custom properties or relationships that are defined by an administrator. You can work with custom properties and relationships in the same way as you work with predefined properties and relationships. See Custom properties and relationships for governance artifacts and catalog assets.
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