Data Catalog

RudderStack’s Data Catalog feature lets you create the events and properties for configuring tracking plans. You can also define all the necessary details for your events and properties like name, type, description, category, etc.

Once created, you can select the required events and associate them with properties while creating a tracking plan.

You can also use the Data Catalog API to:

• Create and manage your tracking plans programmatically.
• Add or update events and properties in your data catalog.
• Create and manage new categories for your data catalog events.

See this self-paced product tour for data catalog:

Add event

1. Log in to the RudderStack dashboard and go to Monitor > Data Catalog option in the left sidebar.
2. In the Events tab, click Add event.

3. Select event type and category from the dropdown and specify the event name and description. Note that you cannot update the event type later.
4. Click Save.

Event details

Once created, you can click the event to see the following:

• Event details
• Connections to tracking plans, along with the connected sources and associated properties (only visible after you use the event to create a tracking plan)
• Delete event

You cannot delete an event from the data catalog if it is connected to any tracking plan.

You can also make any changes to the event and click Save for the changes to take effect:

Add property

1. Log in to the RudderStack dashboard and go to Monitor > Data Catalog option in the left sidebar.
2. In the Properties tab, click Add property.

3. Specify the property name and description. Additionally, you can choose the data type(s) for your property from the dropdown.
4. Click Save.

Property details

Once created, you can click the property to see the following:

• Property details like name, description, and data type.
• Connections to tracking plans, along with the connected sources and associated events (only visible after you map the property to an event while creating a tracking plan)
• Delete property

You cannot delete a property from the data catalog if it is connected to any tracking plan.

You can also make any changes to the property details and click Save for the changes to take effect:

Add category

You can associate an event in the data catalog with a category it best fits into. Go to the Events tab, click Select category, and choose a category from the dropdown.

RudderStack provides the following four categories by default:

• Conversion
• General
• Marketing
• Onboarding

To associate an event with a custom category, click Select category and enter the new category name.

Questions? Contact us by email or on Slack