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Creating datasets

You group data assets into datasets and supply metadata, including keywords, collaborators, and publication state, so others can discover and reuse governed collections aligned to business classifications, protection rules, or purpose.

  1. From the Datasets page, click Add Datasets.
    The Add page appears.
    Figure 1. Add dataset
  2. Enter the following information.
    Field Name Description Example Values
    Name Specifies the dataset name. The value must stay unique across the system. Customer Profiles, Sales Assets, Financials
    Description Describes the purpose or intent of the dataset. Contains customer profiles: data assets for US and WW.
    Data Lake Shows the Data Lake to which the dataset is associated. dss_bbsh_clust3
    Author Identifies who owns the dataset; the workflow records the authoring account automatically when you create the dataset. Your Data Catalog principal
    Tags Stores optional tags for filters alongside full-text metadata in Datasets. Optional.1 se, pii, geo, finance
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    Figure 2. Dataset metadata
  3. Click Next.
    The Dataset Details page appears for the new dataset.
  4. Click Add Assets to add related data assets into your dataset.
    Figure 3. Add assets to dataset
    The Search page appears.
  5. Search for assets using the search bar.
    1. Use filters to search for specific assets based on the attributes of assets. Click Filter to display the filters available.
      • Created: Select the time to refine the search on the basis of when the asset has been created.
      • Owner: Enter the name of the owner to refine the search on the basis of the owners of the assets.
      • Database name: Enter the name of the database.
      • Tags: Enter the names of the tags after selecting its type (Table/Column).
      Figure 4. Search for assets
    2. Select one or more filters if needed.
    3. Click Search to view the assets.
    4. Click Reset to reset the filters and search again.
    5. From the list, click to select the assets that you want to add to your dataset.
  6. Search for assets using the Advanced tab, if needed. Advanced search uses facets of technical and business metadata about the assets, such as those captured in Apache Atlas, to help users define and build collections of interest. Advanced search conditions are a subset of attributes for the Apache Atlas type hive_table.
  7. Click Add.
    The assets are added to the dataset and the Search page is refreshed.
  8. Close the Search tab by clicking Done.
    The Datasets Details page appears.
  9. Click Save to finish editing your dataset.
    Figure 5. Save dataset