A new asset can be added through the EDC data dashboard, in this process we actually point to a pre-existing asset in a participant's respective object storage account. In the current MVD version, only Azure Object Storage is supported.
If we want to add an asset named as test-document then this asset must be already available in the participant's object storage account under a container named as src-container before we can add it via the dashboard UI. Refer to the following links for more details about how to upload an asset in Azure Object Storage:
Actual asset must be already uploaded in object storage account in a container named as src-container.
- Go to
Assetspane and here you will see all existing assets if any.
- Click on
Create assetbutton and this will open an UI popup where you can add further details.
- Add a unique ID e.g. UUID for the asset in text box named
id. This id will be used when selecting asset for publishing. Publishing an asset is covered under publish-asset.md. - Add name for the asset in text box named
name. - Add content type for the asset in text box named
Content Type. e.g.text/plain. It is just an additional metadata for the content of the asset and it is not used further in EDC data transfer. - Select the
Destinationtype (Azure Storagein this case to transfer from Azure Blob Storage to Azure Blob Storage). - Add object storage account name in text box named as
Account. - Define the container within the Azure Object Storage Account in
Container(pre-defined assrc-containerfor the MVD for simplicity reasons). - Add blob name in text box named as
Blob Name.
- Click on
Createbutton to add the asset. Assetspane will be refreshed and you will see the newly created asset.
