# Data Catalog documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/concepts/overview) Data Catalog is a fully managed and scalable metadata management service. Data Catalog allows organizations to quickly discover, manage and understand all their data in Google Cloud. It offers:

- A simple and easy to use search interface for data discovery, powered by the same Google search technology that supports Gmail and Drive.
- A flexible and powerful cataloging system for capturing technical and business metadata.
- An auto-tagging mechanism for sensitive data with DLP API integration.

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## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  [Quickstart: Tag a BigQuery table by using Data Catalog](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/tag-bigquery-dataset)

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  [Tags and tag templates](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/tags-and-tag-templates)

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  [How to search with Data Catalog](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/how-to/search)

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  [Creating custom entries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/how-to/custom-entries)

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  [Using storage filesets](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/how-to/filesets)

### Reference

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  [Search syntax](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/how-to/search-reference)

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  [Client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/reference/libraries)

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  [REST API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/reference/rest)

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  [RPC API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/reference/rpc)

### Resources

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  [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataplex/pricing#data-catalog-pricing)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/release-notes)

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  [Quotas](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/resources/quotas)

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  [Support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/support)

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