Create custom Data Catalog entries for your data sources

This document describes how to create custom Data Catalog entries. To integrate your custom data sources, call Data Catalog APIs that allow you to create and manage Data Catalog entries with custom data resource types. In this document, an entry for a custom data resource type is referred to as a "custom entry".

Create entry groups and custom entries

Custom entries must be placed within a user-created entry group. You create the entry group, then create the custom entry within the entry group. For more information, see Entries and entry groups.

After creating an entry, you can set IAM policies on the entry group to define who has access to the entry group and the entries inside.

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Data Catalog quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Data Catalog Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Data Catalog, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.ColumnSchema;
import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.CreateEntryGroupRequest;
import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.CreateEntryRequest;
import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.DataCatalogClient;
import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.Entry;
import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.EntryGroup;
import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.LocationName;
import com.google.cloud.datacatalog.v1.Schema;
import java.io.IOException;

// Sample to create custom entry
public class CreateCustomEntry {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project";
    String entryGroupId = "onprem_entry_group";
    String entryId = "onprem_entry_id";
    createCustomEntry(projectId, entryGroupId, entryId);
  }

  public static void createCustomEntry(String projectId, String entryGroupId, String entryId)
      throws IOException {
    // Currently, Data Catalog stores metadata in the us-central1 region.
    String location = "us-central1";

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DataCatalogClient dataCatalogClient = DataCatalogClient.create()) {
      // Construct the EntryGroup for the EntryGroup request.
      EntryGroup entryGroup =
          EntryGroup.newBuilder()
              .setDisplayName("My awesome Entry Group")
              .setDescription("This Entry Group represents an external system")
              .build();

      // Construct the EntryGroup request to be sent by the client.
      CreateEntryGroupRequest entryGroupRequest =
          CreateEntryGroupRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, location).toString())
              .setEntryGroupId(entryGroupId)
              .setEntryGroup(entryGroup)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      EntryGroup createdEntryGroup = dataCatalogClient.createEntryGroup(entryGroupRequest);

      // Construct the Entry for the Entry request.
      Entry entry =
          Entry.newBuilder()
              .setUserSpecifiedSystem("onprem_data_system")
              .setUserSpecifiedType("onprem_data_asset")
              .setDisplayName("My awesome data asset")
              .setDescription("This data asset is managed by an external system.")
              .setLinkedResource("//my-onprem-server.com/dataAssets/my-awesome-data-asset")
              .setSchema(