Manage catalogs #

You can create, view, and manage catalogs in the Catalogs pane. To access the Catalogs pane, click Data > Catalogs in the navigation menu.

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This pane also provides the starting point to access the catalog explorer, which allows you to browse through any catalog’s metadata.

Catalog list view #

The list of catalogs displays the following information about each catalog:

• Name: The name of the catalog.
• Index status: This column shows the catalog indexing status for roles with the Manage account work privilege. verified means catalog indexing completed without errors. release_alert indicates an indexing error.
• Kind: The data source type, such as Amazon S3.
• Description: The description provided for the catalog, if any.
• Cloud: The cloud service provider.
• Region: The cloud service provider region.
• Tags: Any tags assigned to this catalog. Click the plus sign in the Tags column to add or remove tags.
• The more_vert options menu, containing further actions.

The default sort order is by Name, alphabetically ascending. Click any column heading to sort the list; click the heading again to reverse the sort order. The up arrow_upward or down arrow_downward arrows show ascending or descending sort order.

Catalog grid view #

In grid view, each catalog card displays the following information:

• Name: The name of the catalog.
• Description: The description provided for the catalog, if any.
• Cloud: The cloud service provider.
• Region: The cloud service provider region.
• Tags: Any tags assigned to this catalog. Click the plus sign to add or remove tags.
• The more_vert options menu, containing further actions.
• If the catalog is read-only, a lock Read-only label appears above the catalog name.

The sort order is by Name, alphabetically descending.

Create a catalog #

To create a new catalog, click Create catalog. The new catalog appears in the list of catalogs.

Search catalogs #

Use the search field to narrow the list of catalogs to those that match a search string in the name, kind, or description columns.

Edit a catalog #

You can edit a catalog’s configuration details on the Edit catalog pane. To access the editing pane, click the more_vert options menu, then Edit configuration. The same editing options are available during the catalog creation process.

Change owner #

To change the owner of the catalog to a different role, click the more_vert options menu, then Change owner.

Delete a catalog #

To delete a catalog, click the more_vert options menu, then Delete catalog.

Add a catalog to a cluster #

Once you have configured a catalog, add it to a cluster to query the data source. You have the option to add a catalog to a cluster during the catalog configuration process or later using the Edit cluster option.