docs/en/integrations/knowledge-catalog/tools/knowledge-catalog-get-data-asset.md
A dataplex-get-data-asset tool retrieves detailed metadata for a specific Data Asset in Knowledge Catalog (formerly known as Dataplex).
View the Data Products guide for more information.
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Knowledge Catalog uses Identity and Access Management (IAM) to control user and group access to Knowledge Catalog resources. Toolbox will use your Application Default Credentials (ADC) to authorize and authenticate when interacting with Knowledge Catalog.
In addition to setting the ADC for your server, you need to ensure the IAM identity has been given the correct IAM permissions for the tasks you intend to perform. See Knowledge Catalog IAM permissions and Knowledge Catalog IAM roles for more information on applying IAM permissions and roles to an identity.
The dataplex-get-data-asset tool has the following parameters:
| field | type | required | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| locationId | string | true | The location ID (e.g. us, us-central1) of the Data Product. |
| dataProductId | string | true | The unique ID of the parent Data Product. |
| dataAssetId | string | true | The unique ID of the Data Asset. |
kind: tool
name: get_data_asset
type: dataplex-get-data-asset
source: my-dataplex-source
description: Use this tool to retrieve a Data Asset.
| field | type | required | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | string | true | Must be "dataplex-get-data-asset". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source the tool should execute on. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |