Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Universal Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
Retrieves the effective configuration related to the migration from Data Catalog to Dataplex Universal Catalog for a specific organization or project. If there is no specific configuration set for the resource, the setting is checked hierarchicahlly through the ancestors of the resource, starting from the resource itself.
HTTP request
GET https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{name}:retrieveEffectiveConfig
Path parameters
Parameters
name
string
Required. The resource whose effective config is being retrieved. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of MigrationConfig.
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