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Data Management:CreateMetaCategory

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Creates an asset category for organizing database assets.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

dms:CreateMetaCategory

create

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Tid

integer

No

The ID of the tenant. You can call the GetUserActiveTenant or ListUserTenants operation to obtain the tenant ID.

3***

Name

string

Yes

The name of the category.

default

ParentCategoryId

integer

No

The ID of the parent category. The new category is created under this parent category. If left empty, a first-level category is created.

30000322682

Description

string

No

The description of the category.

test

Remark

string

No

Additional remarks for the category.

21212

OwnerIds

array

No

The user IDs of the category owners. Separate multiple IDs with commas (,). You can call the GetUser or ListUsers operation to obtain user IDs.

Note

The parameter name for User ID is UserId.

integer

No

The user IDs of the category owners. Separate multiple IDs with commas (,). You can call the GetUser or ListUsers operation to obtain user IDs.

Note

The parameter name for User ID is UserId.

51****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

207176D7-A9B3-55CE-A9DA-14E223A31913

ErrorCode

string

The error code returned if the request fails.

UnknownError

ErrorMessage

string

The error message returned if the request fails.

UnknownError

Success

boolean

Indicates whether the request was successful. Valid values:

  • true: The request was successful.

  • false: The request failed.

true

Category MetaCategory

The details of the created category.

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "207176D7-A9B3-55CE-A9DA-14E223A31913",
  "ErrorCode": "UnknownError",
  "ErrorMessage": "UnknownError",
  "Success": true,
  "Category": {
    "CategoryId": 30000181325,
    "Name": "default",
    "Depth": 1,
    "ParentCategoryId": 30000322682,
    "CreateTime": "2024-08-13 10:02:02",
    "Description": "test",
    "Remark": "asdasdasda",
    "OwnerIds": [
      0
    ],
    "OwnerNickNames": [
      "test"
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.