Creating custom asset types (IBM Knowledge Catalog)

You can create custom asset types for catalogs. Catalog collaborators can then add assets for your custom asset types to catalogs.

Requirements and limitations

Required permissions

You must have the following user permissions to create custom asset types:

  • Manage catalog

Limitations

Custom assets do not support the following properties:

  • Attachments
  • Associated connections
  • Previews
  • Profiles
  • Visualizations

Creating a custom asset type

To create a custom asset type:

  1. Go to Administration > Governance and catalogs > Manage asset and artifact definitions and select the Assets page.

  2. Click New asset type.

    • Specify the name. Optionally, you can add a description.

    • Optional: Specify a unique identifier. If you don't, an identifier is generated automatically. To specify a unique identifier, select Show identifier. When you use the API and UI to manage custom assets, you can create a unique identifier to maintain a naming convention.

    • Optional: Specify whether you want this asset to show in business lineage. To learn more about business lineage, see Lineage (IBM Knowledge Catalog).

  3. Optional: Assign groups and properties to the asset type.

  4. Click Create. The new asset type is available immediately.

Creating custom asset types with the APIs

You can create custom asset types and add the assets that are defined by these custom asset types to the catalog by using the Data and AI Common Core API. The newly created asset types are searchable in the catalog.

Custom properties and relationships

Both custom asset types and 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.

Custom assets have lineage. To learn how to view asset lineage, see Exploring business lineage.

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Parent topic: Custom properties, relationships, and asset types