Viewing and Managing Resources in the Catalog

If you select the Resource from Kind dropdown, a catalog list of the resources opens in the catalog table with different columns. There are Common Searching and Managing Features in the Catalog that can help you find the resource you want to manage.

You can search the key information of a resource by using the following columns.

Component Name

This column shows the list of resources present in the catalog. Click any resource name from the column to view the following details.

  • Service Overview - The overview tab is segmented into the following details.

    • About - You can view the source repository of the resource in the View Source and technical documentation in the View TechDocs. To edit the About section, click the Edit Metadata icon. This takes you to the source repository location of the resource, where you can make the changes. To view the changed metadata of a resource, click the Schedule Entity Refresh icon. To view owner information in detail, click the owner name.

    • Relations - This is a non-exhaustive and read-only list of relations between the existing entity and other entities. Each relation has a source, a target, and a type that shows what relation the source has with the target. Relations are commonly bidirectional, so that there is a pair of relation types each describing one direction of the relation.

      In Relations, you can see the simple view of resource relations with other entities. To view the elaborated relations of the resource, click View Graph. Use the search filters like max depth, kinds, relations, directions, and curve to find the entity relations. Use the Simplified or Merge Relation toggle switches to see the simple or complex relations view. You can scroll to zoom in and zoom out and move around the relations diagram. Click to change the active node. To navigate the entity, press the Shift+Click button.

    • Links - You can view development resources, such as service URL, demos, code editor links, and more, that can help you learn more about the resource.

    • Has Subcomponents - You can view the list of subcomponents that belongs to the resource.

  • Docs - You can view the technical documentation of the selected resource.

System

In the catalog table, if you click the system name of the resource, you can see the system overview details like about, relations, has resources, has subcomponents and APIs. To view complete relations of the resource in the system, click the Diagram tab. Learn more about the system from Viewing and Managing Systems in the Catalog.

Owner

In the catalog table, if you click the owner name of the resource, you can see the owner overview details like organization information, members, and ownership of other entities. Learn more about the owner from Viewing and Managing Groups in the Catalog.