Registering and activating semantic layer

Follow the instructions in this topic to activate semantic enrichment in IBM® watsonx.data. in your IBM Cloud account. Currently, this is available only in the us-south region.

Before you begin

To register and enable semantic layer in watsonx.data, make sure that the following are available.

A registered IBM Knowledge Catalog (IKC) or watsonx.data intelligence instance access within your IBM Cloud account is required to activate semantic enrichment.
API key of the account.
Presto (Java) or Presto (C++) engine must be provisioned.

Procedure

Log in to watsonx.data console.
From the navigation menu, select Configurations and click Semantic layer integration tile.
Click Add a registration.
For Lite plan users, enter the API key in the API key field of Add registration window.

You can generate and copy a new API key from the Manage->Access(IAM)->API keys of the IBM Cloud cluster.

Lite plan users can access a 30 days trial version only.
Select a Presto engine from the engine drop-down list.
Click Register. Semantic automation layer is active.
For Enterprise plan users, enter the API key in the API key field of Add registration window.

You can generate and copy a new API key from the Manage->Access(IAM)->API keys of the IBM Cloud cluster.
Select a Presto engine from the engine drop-down list.
Enter Cloud Object Storage (COS) details:
- Cloud Object Storage (COS) CRN
- Select a Cloud Object Storage (COS) type
Click Register. Semantic automation layer is active.

Related API

For information on related API, see