Sometimes you may need to edit the details or properties of multiple items.

This page will walkthrough how to use the Data Cart to perform bulk updates and edits.

  1. Bulk update: Make the same change to multiple items within the K platform.

  2. Bulk edit (via Excel): Create an excel template to edit multiple items and item types (e.g. Reports & Tables). Share & collaborate on edits in the excel file. Upload the excel file to edit the items in K.

Limitations of the Data Cart and Bulk Edit functions:

  • Currently you can only perform the Bulk edt function on: Tables, Columns, Reports and Sheets

  • The Data Cart has a maximum list of 1,000 items

  • Changes performed via Bulk Update are not captured in the data object’s change timeline

  • In the current release, you can only perform bulk updates in the following metadata: Description, Classification, Domain, Verified for, Not Verified for, Owner and Steward

The Data Cart function is only available to the following roles: Data Governance, Data Managers, K Admin users


Accessing Bulk Update and Bulk Edit via Excel

The Bulk Update and Bulk edit via Excel function is accessed via the Data Cart.

This allows you to first review the items that have been added to the Data Cart prior to starting the Bulk Update or Edit process.


Bulk Update in K

On the data cart page, select the Bulk Update via K option

If you have more than 500 items in your Data Cart, the bulk update function will select the first 500 items in the Data Cart. After update to the 500 have been completed, you will have the option to remove updated items from the Data Cart


Bulk Edit via Excel

On the data cart page, select the Create Bulk Edit Template. There is no cart size limitations when using Bulk Edit.

The row(s) that failed is provided in the error log. Row number is incremental across all tabs e.g. If Tables tab (2nd tab after instructions tab) has 500 records, and Report (3rd tab) has 100 records, the error of row 550 is row 50 in the report tab.