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Container Data Catalog Links Introduction

This deep dive is the reference for a container's Data Catalog Links, covering how the links behave, what a synchronization exchanges for them, and who can manage them.

This page covers containers

Everything here is about the links of a container (a table, view, or file pattern). For the other levels, see Data Catalog Links on Datastores and Data Catalog Links on Fields.

What You Will Find Here

  • How It Works


    Where container links come from, the difference between manual and automatic links, and why the datastore's link anchors while a container's link corrects only itself.

    How It Works

  • Synchronization


    What a synchronization exchanges for container links, and why it runs at the datastore level.

    Synchronization

  • Permissions


    Who can view, link, and change a container's catalog links.

    Permissions