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Registering and activating semantic layer

Registering and activating semantic layer

To activate semantic enrichment in IBM® watsonx.data, you must register IBM Knowledge Catalog through the web console.

Before you begin

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

  • API key of the cluster.
  • IBM Knowledge Catalog instance within the cluster.

Procedure

  1. Log in to watsonx.data console.

  2. From the navigation menu, select Configurations and click Semantic layer integration tile.

  3. Click Add a registration.

  4. 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.

  5. Select a Presto engine from the engine drop-down list.

  6. Click Register. Semantic automation layer is active.

  7. 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.

  8. Select a Presto engine from the engine drop-down list.

  9. Enter Cloud Object Storage (COS) details:

    • Cloud Object Storage (COS) CRN
    • Select a Cloud Object Storage (COS) type

  10. Click Register. Semantic automation layer is active.