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

Creates a tag on an Entry. Note: The project identified by the parent parameter for the tag and the tag template used to create the tag must be from the same organization.

HTTP request

POST https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{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. Example: projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entryGroupId}/entries/{entryId} Note that this Tag and its child resources may not actually be stored in the location in this 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. Example:

projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entryGroupId}/entries/{entryId}

Note that this Tag and its child resources may not actually be stored in the location in this 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.