USER MANUALS

Import and Export Data Catalog Metadata

You can export and import the Data Catalog's configuration and metadata (categories, tags, saved queries, etc.) as a collection of JSON files packed in a zip file. There are three ways of doing this:

  1. From the UI

  2. With a script

  3. Using the API of the Data Catalog.

They are all equivalent. The last two are useful to automate the promotion of categories and tags between environments (e.g. from testing to production).

Regardless of the way you do this, you need to connect with a user account that is an administrator, or has the role data_catalog_admin or has the role server_admin.

Import and Export Data Catalog Metadata from the UI

To export the metadata from the UI, click image1. The Export dialog will appear. All the servers, together with its catalog metadata (views, web services, databases, categories and tags) will be exported. You can choose additional settings to be exported by checking the corresponding options: Content Search settings, Personalization settings and Kerberos settings.

Export Dialog

Export Dialog

To import the metadata from the UI, click image0. The Import dialog will appear. Here you can drag & drop a metadata file or select one in a file chooser by clicking the drop area. You can choose to Override Existing Metadata if you check the corresponding option.

Import Dialog

Import Dialog

Import and Export Data Catalog Metadata Using a Script

To export and import the metadata of the Data Catalog use the script export and import located at <DENODO_HOME>/tools/data-catalog.

Export Data Catalog Metadata

Usage:

export -h <host> -p <port> -l <login> [ -P <password> ]
       [ -s <Virtual DataPort server> ]
       -f <output file>
       [ -contentSearch ] [ -personalization ] [ -kerberos ]

Execute export ? to see the syntax to invoke this tool.

Parameters of the export script

Parameter Name

Description

?

Shows the help.

-h

Host name or IP of the Data Catalog

-p

Port of the Data Catalog (by default is 9090)

-l

Login to connect to the Data Catalog. This has to be an administrator account.

-P

Password to connect to the Data Catalog

You can encrypt your password using the script <DENODO_HOME>/tools/data-catalog/encrypt_password

That way you can avoid entering it in plain text. If the password is encrypted, prefix it with encrypted:.

E.g. --password encrypted:Gr16MjvuXhRzPtPH/yTXHw==

-s

Virtual DataPort server. You have to specify this if there is more than one server registered with the Data Catalog. Otherwise, it is optional.

-f

Output file

-contentSearch

Export the content search settings.

-personalization

Export the personalization settings.

-kerberos

Export the Kerberos settings.

Example

export -h localhost -p 9090 -l admin -P encrypted:xxxxxxx -f data_catalog_metadata.zip -contentSearch -personalization

Import Data Catalog Metadata

Usage:

import -h <host> -p <port> -l <login> [ -P <password> ] [ -s <Virtual DataPort server> ] -f <input file> [ -override ]

Execute import ? to see the syntax to invoke this tool.

Parameters of the import script

Parameter Name

Description

?

Shows the help.

-h

Host name or IP of the Data Catalog

-p

Port of the Data Catalog (by default is 9090)

-l

Login to connect to the Data Catalog

-P

Password to connect to the Data Catalog

You can encrypt your password using the script <DENODO_HOME>/tools/data-catalog/encrypt_password

That way you can avoid entering it in plain text. If the password is encrypted, prefix it with encrypted:.

E.g. --password encrypted:Gr16MjvuXhRzPtPH/yTXHw==

-s

Virtual DataPort server. You have to specify this if there is more than one server registered with the Data Catalog. Otherwise, it is optional.

-f

Input file

-override

Add this to override the Data Catalog metadata and configuration parameters.

Example:

import -h localhost -p 9090 -l jsmith -P encrypted:xxxxxxx -f data_catalog_metadata.zip -override
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