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.

Method: organizations.locations.setConfig

Sets the configuration related to the migration to Dataplex Universal Catalog for an organization or project.

HTTP request

POST https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{name}:setConfig

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`name`	`string` Required. The organization or project whose config is being specified. It takes the form `organizations/{organization}/locations/{location}` .

name

string

Required. The organization or project whose config is being specified. It takes the form organizations/{organization}/locations/{location} .

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation

JSON representation
{ // Union field `configuration` can be only one of the following: "tagTemplateMigration" : enum ( `TagTemplateMigration` ) , "catalogUiExperience" : enum ( `CatalogUIExperience` ) // End of list of possible types for union field `configuration` . }

 { 
 // Union field configuration 
can be only one of the following: 
 "tagTemplateMigration" 
 : 
 enum (  TagTemplateMigration 
 
) 
 , 
 "catalogUiExperience" 
 : 
 enum (  CatalogUIExperience 
 
) 
 // End of list of possible types for union field configuration 
. 
 }

Fields

Union field configuration . The configuration field to set. configuration can be only one of the following:

tagTemplateMigration

enum ( TagTemplateMigration )

Opt-in status for the migration of Tag Templates to Dataplex Universal Catalog.

catalogUiExperience

enum ( CatalogUIExperience )

Opt-in status for the UI switch to Dataplex Universal Catalog.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of MigrationConfig .

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview .

IAM Permissions

Requires the following IAM permission on the name resource:

datacatalog.migrationConfig.set

For more information, see the IAM documentation .