Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on June 1, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Knowledge Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.

Method: projects.locations.entryGroups.entries.tags.create

Creates a tag and assigns it to:

An Entry if the method name is projects.locations.entryGroups.entries.tags.create.
Or EntryGroupif the method name is projects.locations.entryGroups.tags.create.

Note: The project identified by the parent parameter for the tag and the tag template used to create the tag must be in the same organization.

HTTP request

POST https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{parent}/tags

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`parent`	`string` Required. The name of the resource to attach this tag to. Tags can be attached to entries or entry groups. An entry can have up to 1000 attached tags. Note: The tag and its child resources might not be stored in the location specified in its name. It takes the form `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup}/entries/{entries}`.

parent

string

Required. The name of the resource to attach this tag to.

Tags can be attached to entries or entry groups. An entry can have up to 1000 attached tags.

Note: The tag and its child resources might not be stored in the location specified in its name. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup}/entries/{entries}.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Tag.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Tag.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

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

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.