Create a metadata partition in Google Cloud Dataplex
A documented Google Cloud Dataplex operation that changes something in your account. Describe the outcome you want in plain words — HumDay writes the program, proves it, and runs it.
What this operation does
Create a metadata partition.
- POSTChanges data · projects
dataplex.googleapis.com/v1/{parent}/partitions
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which Google Cloud Dataplex operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Because this one changes data, it cannot run until you have explicitly granted it.
Other Google Cloud Dataplex operations
- Creates a task resource within a lakePOST · changes data
- Run an on demand execution of a TaskPOST · changes data
- Creates a lake resourcePOST · changes data
- Creates a zone resource within a lakePOST · changes data
- Creates an asset resourcePOST · changes data
- Create a contentPOST · changes data
- Create a metadata entityPOST · changes data
- Creates a DataScan resourcePOST · changes data
Questions
- Can HumDay create a metadata partition in Google Cloud Dataplex?
- Yes. This operation is published in Google Cloud Dataplex's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Will this change my Google Cloud Dataplex data?
- Yes — this is a POST operation, so it changes something in Google Cloud Dataplex. HumDay holds anything that writes behind an approval you grant explicitly, and the contract you approve says what it may touch.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your Google Cloud Dataplex account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for Google Cloud Dataplex at dataplex.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2023-04-21.