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Creating Assets

Learn how to create and manage assets in the Zenithdata Catalog.

Automatic Asset Creation

Most assets are automatically created when synced from connectors. Tables, views, columns, and schemas are discovered automatically.

Manual Asset Creation

You can also create assets manually for data sources not yet connected:

  1. Navigate to Catalog → Create Asset
  2. Select asset type (Table, Dashboard, Report, etc.)
  3. Fill in metadata fields
  4. Click Save

API Creation

POST /api/v1/assets
{
  "name": "customer_orders",
  "type": "table",
  "schema": "public",
  "database": "analytics",
  "description": "All customer orders"
}

Asset Properties

  • Name: Asset identifier
  • Description: Business context
  • Owner: Responsible team or person
  • Tags: Classification labels