Manage custom properties
In Pentaho Data Catalog, you can create custom properties that collect additional metadata about resources specific to their business environment or engagement. For example, you can define a custom property to include a business username for a data resource. Alternatively, you could define a property that includes values that are used by system-level processes. To know more, see Custom properties in the Use Pentaho Data Catalog guide.
With the Data Catalog admin role, you can manage custom properties from the Custom Properties card in the Management section of Data Catalog. This centralized location provides a single place to view and govern all custom properties defined in the system. From this page, properties are organized into tabs that let you review all properties, only data labels, or only custom properties, along with their field types, applicable hierarchies, and asset types. In this page, you can create custom properties, define where they apply by selecting hierarchies and asset types, update their scope or display settings, and delete properties when they are no longer needed.
To know more about managing data labels, see Manage data labels.
▶️ Watch a walkthrough
You can watch a guided walkthrough that demonstrates how to create, edit, and delete custom properties in Pentaho Data Catalog.
When you edit or delete a custom property, Data Catalog applies the change via a background worker job across all objects that use the custom property. The more linked objects, the longer it can take. The Custom Properties view doesn’t auto-refresh. After the job finishes, switch tabs or reload the page to see the update.
To know more about managing data labels, see Manage data labels.
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