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 Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
A maximum of 10,000 entry groups may be created per organization across all locations.
Users should enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the parent parameter (see Data Catalog Resource Project for more information).
HTTP request
POST https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{parent}/entryGroups
Path parameters
Parameters
parent
string
Required. The name of the project this entry group is in. Example:
projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}
Note that this EntryGroup and its child resources may not actually be stored in the location in this name. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}.
Query parameters
Parameters
entryGroupId
string
Required. The id of the entry group to create. The id must begin with a letter or underscore, contain only English letters, numbers and underscores, and be at most 64 characters.
Request body
The request body contains an instance of EntryGroup.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of EntryGroup.
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