Change the Linked Data Catalog Asset
Point a field's data catalog link at a different asset, for example when the automatic match picked a similarly named asset from the wrong source.
Permission Required
You need the Editor team permission on the field's datastore.
Fields
The Data Catalog Links dialog shows the following fields.
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| Link details | The card's header, with the catalog's logo and the asset's name in the catalog. A badge tells the link mode apart: Manual for a link you set yourself, Auto-linked for one the synchronization created. |
| Identifier | The asset's stable identifier in the catalog, with a control to copy it. |
| Location | Where the asset sits in the catalog's hierarchy. |
| Last Synced | How long ago the link last exchanged metadata with the catalog, with the exact timestamp on hover. Empty until a synchronization has exchanged metadata for this link. |
Steps
Step 1: Navigate to your datastore overview and select the field in the tree.
Step 2: Click Data Catalog Links in the tree footer. Or click the field's Settings button and select Data Catalog .
Step 3: On the link card of the catalog you want to correct, click Change asset .
Step 4: Find the replacement asset in the picker:
- Type into Search by name or identifier and pick from the results, or
- Click From URL next to the search field. A small box opens; paste the asset's URL from the catalog into it and click Get identifier.
Step 5: Select the asset and click Save.
Step 6: The link card now shows the new asset. Its Last Synced resets, and the next synchronization pushes the full Qualytics metadata to the newly linked asset instead of skipping it as unchanged.
The link becomes manual
Changing the asset turns the link into a manual link, which later synchronizations never overwrite. See Data Catalog Links for how manual and automatic links behave.