The data album feature lets you classify, organize, and manage data tables from a business perspective. You can add tables to a data album to quickly retrieve and locate them. This topic describes how to create, use, and manage data albums.
Version limits
The data album feature is available only in DataWorks Professional Edition or later versions. For more information, see Features of DataWorks editions.
Go to the Data albums page
Go to the Data Map page.
Log on to the DataWorks console. In the top navigation bar, select the desired region. In the left-side navigation pane, choose . On the page that appears, click Go to Data Map.
In the navigation pane on the left, click Data Albums to go to the Data Albums page.
Create a data album
On the Data Albums page, click the Create Album button.
In the Data Album dialog box, set the parameters.
Parameter
Description
Album Name
A custom name for the album.
NoteThe album name must be unique within each region of a tenant.
Visibility
Public: The data album is visible to all users.
Private: The data album is visible only to its creator and administrators. To view the data album, you must be granted the administrator role. For more information about authorization, see Manage data albums.
Description
A custom description for the album.
Edit a data album
Set categories
Go to the details page of the target album. On the Object List tab, right-click the target category in the directory list to create a subcategory or rename the target category.
Create subcategory: In the Create Subcategory dialog box, select a Destination Location and enter a Category Name.
NoteYou can create up to four levels of subcategories.
Rename: In the Rename dialog box, enter a new Category Name.
Add data tables
Method 1: Add data tables on the details page of the data album.
On the details page of the target album, click the Object List tab below the album name and select the target category from the directory list.
In the target category, click the Add Table button.
In the Add Table dialog box, filter tables by Search criteria or Recently viewed, and add them to the album.
Method 2: Add a data table to the data album from the table details page.
In the table search results, click a table name to go to its details page. At the top of the page, click the Add To/View Album button.
In the Add To Album dialog box, select the target album and confirm the operation.
Manage data albums
Modify administrators
On the details page of the target album, below the album name, click the
button next to Administrator.In the Edit Album Administrator dialog box, enter the Alibaba Cloud account of the new Administrator.
You can assign a maximum of five administrators to a data album.
Remove data tables
On the details page of the target album, click the Object List tab below the album name and select the target category from the directory list.
In the target category, click in the Actions column.
Follow or like an album
On the details page of the target album, click the Follow and Like buttons to the right of the album name.
You can then quickly locate the album by clicking Albums I Follow on the Data Map homepage or Followed on the Data Albums page.
Delete a data album
Only the creator and administrators of a data album can delete it.
On the Data Albums page, find the target album and click Delete in the Actions column.