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====== RETRIEVE CATALOG ASSET ======
Category: Import / App/Cloud\\

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=====Description=====
This action retrieves a static or computed item (dataset, file, or URL) from the Data Catalog.

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=====Action settings=====
^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
|Retrieve|Select the asset type to be retrieved.  Options:  //Dataset//, //File//, or //URL//.  See the tables below for more details\\ about retrieving datasets and files.|
|Catalog asset<sup>*</sup>|Browse to and select the asset to be retrieved.|
|Parameters|Assign parameters of the Catalog asset using the current project's parameters, or columns in the current dataset.|
<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]] or the first value of a column.

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====Dataset settings====
^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
|Result|Select whether the action will return the dataset as the action's output, or will save the dataset as a file (and supply the file's path and name).  Options:  //Return dataset as action's output// or //Save as//<sup>*</sup> (the dataset is stored as an EasyMorph .dset file).|
<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]] or the first value of a column.

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====File settings====
^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
|Result|Select whether the action will return the file's file path as the action's output, or will save the file to a destination (and supply the file path and name).  Options:  //Return file path as action's output// or //Save as//<sup>*</sup>.|
<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]] or the first value of a column.

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=====Shortcuts=====
Fast ways to create the action:
  * Press the "Add data" menu button. Pick "Fetch from cloud/application".

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=====See also=====
  * [[transformations:catalogcommand|Catalog Command]]