Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating a Data Asset

Create a data asset to register the data source you want to harvest with Data Catalog.

To create a data asset, you need to specify data source details required to register your data source. The details differ depending on the data source that you use to create your data asset. Then, you add a connection for the data asset.

    1. On the Data Catalogs page, click the instance for which you want to create a data asset.
    2. On the Home tab, click Data Assets.
    3. On the Data assets page, click Create data asset.
    4. In the Create data asset panel, provide the following details:
      • Enter a name and description. Adding a description is optional. Avoid entering confidential information. You can't use the following special characters in the name:

        & < > " ' / \ = ;

      • Type: Select the type of data source. For example, Oracle Database. The fields that appear vary depending on the data source type that you select. For more information, see Data Asset Properties for Data Sources.
    5. Click Create.
    After registering a data source as a data asset in your data catalog, create a connection to your data asset so that it can be harvested. See Adding Connections.

  • Use the create command and required parameters to create a data asset.

    oci data-catalog data-asset create [OPTIONS]

    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the CreateDataAsset operation to create an Oracle Database data asset.