Command Groups¶

Use this page when you already know the kind of object or operation you are looking for, but not the exact command name.

Tip

If your question starts with "How do I...", begin with Which Command Should I Use?. If it starts with "Where is the reference for...", begin here.

Core Catalog Operations¶

Command group	Use it for	Entry page
`entity`	Create, read, update, delete, classify, label, and bulk-process catalog entities	Entity commands
`glossary`	Manage glossaries, categories, terms, imports, exports, and assigned entities	Glossary commands
`relationship`	Create and inspect links between assets and metadata objects	Relationship commands
`search`	Query the catalog, browse, autocomplete, and discover assets quickly	Search commands

Command group	Use it for	Entry page
`scan`	Define data sources, credentials, scan rulesets, filters, triggers, and run scans	Scan commands
`account`	Work with data-plane settings such as collections and resource set rules	Account commands
`management`	Manage control-plane resources such as Purview accounts, keys, private endpoints, and defaults	Management commands
`policystore`	Manage data policies, scopes, and metadata policy definitions	Policy Store commands

Command group	Use it for	Entry page
`lineage`	Inspect upstream and downstream relationships for assets and data movement	Lineage commands
`insight`	Run reporting and insight commands for distribution, tags, scans, and time-series views	Insight commands
`share`	Work with data sharing artifacts and workflows	Share commands
`types`	Inspect and manage type definitions and schema metadata	Types commands

Entry point	Use it for
Unified Catalog guide	Start here for domains, terms, data products, OKRs, CDEs, and governance workflows
Unified Catalog commands	Jump directly into the UC command reference when you already know the area
Purview MCP Server	Run MCP tools for AI-driven Purview operations and workflow automation
Quick reference	Use compact examples when you need command syntax without reading full guides
Samples catalog	Browse JSON, CSV, PowerShell, and notebook samples by use case

If you want to...	Start with	Why
Find assets or metadata quickly	search	Lowest-friction discovery path
Bulk ingest or update assets	entity and Entity Bulk CSV Guide	Best documentation for throughput and retries
Manage glossary terms and categories	glossary	Terms, categories, imports, exports
Configure scans and data sources	scan	Complete scan lifecycle
Work with collections or resource set rules	account	Data-plane account operations
Create or manage Purview accounts	management	Control-plane account operations
Work with governance objects in Unified Catalog	Unified Catalog	Better entry point than raw command reference

Use Which Command Should I Use? to choose the command family.
Open the matching group page from this page.
If the operation is create, update, delete, or import-heavy, jump to the matching task guide.
If you are still unsure, use Full Documentation Catalog only as the exhaustive fallback.