Synchronize Google Cloud Storage manually

You can manually start a synchronization job of a GCS File System asset. This can be useful if you want to test your crawlers, or if you want to synchronize immediately. You can also add a synchronization schedule to synchronize automatically.

Before you begin

• You have registered a GCS file system.
• You have connected the GCS File System asset to the GCS Edge capability.
• If needed, you have defined crawlers.

Requirements and permissions

• You have a global role with the View Edge connections and capabilities global permission.
• You have a global role with the Catalog global permission, for example Catalog Author.
• You have a resource role with the Configure external system resource permission, for example Owner.
• You have a role with the following resource permissions on the GCS community you created when you registered a GCS file system:
  • Asset: add
  • Attribute: add
  • Domain: add
  • Attachment: add

Steps

1. Open the GCS File System asset.
2. In the tab pane, click Configuration.
3. In the Crawlers section, click Synchronize now.

   A notification indicates synchronization has started.

   The synchronization job appears in the Activities list as a bulk synchronization.

   When the synchronization finishes, the resulting assets, including their attributes and relations, are created, edited or deleted in the selected domain(s) and in the Data Sources page of Data Catalog.

Note In case of a partial synchronization caused by a temporary communication issue, the status of the assets that cannot be synchronized is set to Missing from source. During the next fully successful synchronization, their previous status is restored, if they are found in the source system.

What's next?

You can view a summary of the results from the Activities list.
You can view the assets in their domain.