Adding assets to a catalog (Watson Knowledge Catalog)

You can add assets to a catalog to share them with other catalog collaborators. You can add assets with duplicate names and you can add the same asset 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 the asset from a project:

• Add a file
• Add a connection
• Add data from a connection
• Add a folder asset from a connection
• Import metadata
• Publish assets from a project
• Adding COBOL copybook assets

Watch the following video to see how to add assets to a catalog.

Custom asset types and attributes

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 assets are searchable in the catalog.

Attributes are grouped by asset type, and attributes within an asset type are displayed in the UI in the order that they are defined within the asset type. Custom attributes of only types string, integer, and date appear in the asset overview page. However, in the API, you can define and view custom attributes of more types beyond string, integer, and date.

The default asset types that are included with Watson Knowledge Catalog can also have custom attributes. Because a default asset type cannot be directly modified, you use the API to apply custom attributes from one or more other asset types to the default asset type, which gives the default asset type custom attributes.

The attribute types that are viewable in the UI (integer, string, and date) can have a single value or an array of values, for example,

• Single value: Primary role = "Manager"
• Array of values: Roles = ["Team Lead", "Developer", "Tester"]

In the UI, data owners or stewards of the assets can add, update, or remove values for all the attribute types that are viewable in the UI (integer, string, and date).

You can define a fixed set of values for an attribute in the API, but the UI allows you to enter any value and it will be successfully updated.

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

Parent topic: Catalog assets