This product or feature is subject to the "Pre-GA Offerings Terms" in the General Service Terms section of theService Specific Terms. Pre-GA products and features are available "as is" and might have limited support. For more information, see thelaunch stage descriptions.

This document is intended for data product consumers who want to discover anduse data products for their use cases.

For more information about the architecture and key concepts ofdata products, seeAbout data products.

Before you begin

1. Enable the Dataplex, BigQuery APIs.

   Roles required to enable APIs

   To enable APIs, you need the Service Usage Admin IAM role (roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageAdmin), which contains theserviceusage.services.enable permission.Learn how to grant roles.

   Enable the APIs

Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to search for, access, and use data products, ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM roles on the data product or the project:

• Search for data products:Dataplex Catalog Viewer (roles/dataplex.catalogViewer)
• Search for data assets and request access:Dataplex Data Products Consumer (roles/dataplex.dataProductsConsumer)
• Read-only access to view data product definitions and metadata:Dataplex Data Products Viewer (roles/dataplex.dataProductsViewer)

For more information about granting roles, seeManage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions throughcustom roles or otherpredefined roles.

As a data product consumer, to view the metadata of an asset, you must have theviewer permission to access the corresponding asset in the source system. Forexample, to search for metadata for a dataset or a table in a data product,you need the BigQuery Metadata Viewer role (roles/bigquery.metadataViewer).For more information, seeRequired roles for accessing search results.

Search for data products

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Dataplex Universal CatalogSearchpage.

   Go to Search

2. Search using keywords or natural language. For more information, seeSearch for resources.

3. In the search results, click the data product for which you want to viewdetails. You can review the description, assets, contract, aspects, andother documentation associated with the data product.

Request access to data products

As a data product consumer, if you don't have access to a data product, youcan request access by completing the following steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Dataplex Universal CatalogData products page.

   Go to Data products

2. Click the data product that you want to access.

3. ClickRequest access.

4. In theRequest details pane, specify the following:

   • Access type: Select what access are you seeking.
   • Message: Provide a justification for the access request.

5. ClickSubmit. A new email draft automatically opens in your defaultemail application (like Gmail or Outlook) with the recipient's address anda pre-filled subject line and message body.

   Tip: If your browser prevents the automatic opening of the email, check yourbrowser's Site Settings. Ensure that a default email application(a protocol handler) is set and enabled for mailto links.

6. Review the automatically generated email content, which contains your requestdetails.

   To submit the access request to the data product owner for approval, clickSend.

   The data product owner receives your email and reviews your request. Waitfor an email notification confirming that your access request has beenapproved or denied.

   Upon approval, you gain access to the data product, and you can begin usingit within Dataplex Universal Catalog.

Consume data products

To use a data product, ensure that you are granted necessary permissions.SeeRequest access to data products.

After the data product owner grants you permission, you can access the dataproduct and its assets. For example, if you're granted permissions to accessa BigQuery table, you can query it directly inBigQuery to generate insights.

To access and use a data product, follow these steps:

1. Search for the data product.
2. In the search results, click the data product that you want to use.
3. Click theAssets tab.
4. Click the asset for which you want to view details. This opens the entrydetails page. You can access details such as schema, insights, and lineage.If the asset is a BigQuery table or view, youcan clickOpen in BigQuery to navigate to the BigQuerystudio and query the results.

What's next

• Learn thekey concepts of data products.
• Learn how tocreate a data product.
• Learn more aboutmanaging data products.