Enrich assets

All assets in Atlan share a common set of attributes and relationships—certificates, announcements, term assignments, classifications, custom metadata, READMEs, and more. The guides below cover enriching assets that already exist, with variations on each topic.

Certify assets

Certify assets in Atlan using CertificateStatus and the Python SDK (pyatlan). Add, update, or remove certification status programmatically.

Manage announcements

Add and remove announcements from assets programmatically using the Atlan Python SDK (pyatlan).

Change description

Update, remove, or add descriptions to assets programmatically using the Atlan Python SDK (pyatlan).

Change owners

Change, add, or remove owners for assets programmatically using the Atlan Python SDK (pyatlan).

Tag (classify) assets

Tag and classify assets in Atlan using AtlanTag and the Python SDK (pyatlan). Add, update, and remove classification tags and manage their propagation.

Change custom metadata

Set and update custom metadata (business attributes) on assets in Atlan using the Python SDK — write attribute values per asset via POST /api/meta/entity/guid/{guid}/businessmetadata or in bulk via entity/bulk.

Link terms to assets

Link glossary terms to assets in Atlan using AtlasGlossaryTerm and the Python SDK (pyatlan). Append, replace, or remove term assignments programmatically.

Link domains to assets

Add, retrieve, and remove assets from data domains programmatically using the Atlan Python SDK (pyatlan).

Manage asset READMEs

Manage asset READMEs programmatically using the Atlan Python SDK (pyatlan). Add, edit, and remove HTML-formatted documentation.

Add asset resources

Add resources and external links to assets in Atlan using Link and the Python SDK (pyatlan). Create link assets and attach them programmatically.

Manage relationship attributes

Create, retrieve, and delete attributed relationships programmatically using the Atlan Python SDK (pyatlan).