Administering a catalog

You can administer a catalog to control who has access to the catalog, the permissions of the catalog collaborators, and catalog settings.

Requirements

Depending on what the action, you need different roles and user permissions.

To create a catalog, you must have the Manage catalogs user permission.
To administer an existing catalog, you must have the Admin role and either the Manage catalogs or Access catalogs user permissions within the catalog.

Components

A catalog consists of the following components:

A metadata repository that acts as an index for data and other assets.
A list of collaborators who need to access the assets.
An catalog storage instance to store assets that are copied into the catalog.

Catalog administrator tasks

As a catalog administrator, you can complete the following tasks:

Create catalogs. You might create one comprehensive catalog or multiple catalogs for diverse purposes. For more information, see Creating a catalog.
Add and manage collaborators. You can add collaborators to a catalog at any time. You assign roles to control which collaborators can add and use assets and which collaborators can view assets.
Add assets to the catalog. You might be responsible for adding some assets, along with other collaborators.
Manage custom properties and relationships for assets. For more information, see Custom properties and relationships for governance artifacts and catalog assets.

Manage columns for catalogs

You can select which columns to display in the asset listing grid by clicking Manage columns on the catalog page. Select your columns, reorder them if necessary, and save your preferences to keep the information that is most relevant for you readily available. For example, you can modify the view to show you a list of assets with the display name, owners, and date added columns only.

Controlling security

You can control the security of assets in a catalog by using the following roles, rules, or access types:

Collaborator roles control what actions users can do in the catalog.
Asset access can restrict an asset to a specific set of collaborators.
Base Premium Data protection rules can protect data assets from unauthorized access. Owners of data assets in governed catalogs have access to all data assets in the catalog while other users are subject to data protection rules.

Watch this short video to see how to create and administer a catalog.