Editing asset properties in a catalog

Required permissions

To edit most asset properties, you must have the following roles and permissions:

• Admin or Editor role in the catalog.
• The Asset owner or Asset editor role.

To edit specific properties, you need extra permissions. The following table shows the asset property tasks that you can complete depending on your catalog role.

Editing asset properties with the UI

1. Locate the asset in the catalog.

2. Open the asset to view its properties.

   Asset properties are available in the side pane and in the page tabs.

   The following image shows the properties that you can edit in the Overview page and the side pane.

   

3. Edit asset properties.
   Use the following table to find and edit the properties that you want to change.

   Editable property	How to edit	Required conditions
   Name	Click the Edit icon next to the asset name.	• Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor
   Description	In the side pane, click the Edit icon next to the asset description.	• Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor
   Asset owner	In the side pane, click the Edit icon next to Asset owner.	• Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor
   Asset access	In the side pane, click the Edit icon next to Privacy. See Controlling access to an asset in a catalog.	Public assets: • Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor Private assets: Asset owner or editor
   Format	In the side pane, click the Edit icon next to the asset format.	• Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor
   Personal connection details	To modify your own credentials, click the name of the connection under Source in the side pane. To add a connection, open the Asset page. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.	Any role
   Tags	In the side pane, click the Add (+) or (-) Remove icon next to the tag.	When the asset is affected by a data protection rule, an editor must be an asset owner or editor.
   Governance artifacts	In the Overview page, add or delete classifications, business terms, and data classes by using the Add (+) or Remove (-) icons.	• Admin + asset owner or editor • Editor + asset owner or editor
   Asset relationships	In the Overview page, scroll to the Related items section. To add a relationship, click Add assets. See Adding asset relationships. To remove a relationship, click the Remove (-) icon next to the relationship.	• Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor
   Column properties	In the Overview page, click a column row. In the side pane, edit the column properties in the Details tab and manage Governance artifacts in the Governance tab.	• Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor
   Ratings and reviews	In the Review page, edit or remove your own reviews.	Any role
   Feature group (beta)	In the Feature group page, add, edit, or remove a feature. See Managing feature groups.	• Admin • Editor + asset owner or editor

Editing asset properties with APIs

You can use the Data and AI Common Core API to edit the properties of a singular asset or multiple assets.

To edit the properties of a singular asset:

• Update an asset
• Add/Update asset collaborators
• Update an asset rating
• Update attributes
• Update attachment metadata

To edit asset properties in bulk:

• Patch one or more assets

To edit feature group information for data assets, you can use the assetframe-lib Python library (beta). For more information, see Managing feature groups with assetframe-lib for Python (beta).

Learn more

• Creating custom assets

• Managing feature groups

• Adding asset relationships

• Control access to an asset

• Data and AI Common Core API

Parent topic: Catalog assets