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# gpudb::CreateCatalogRequest

> gpudb::CreateCatalogRequest — Kinetica C++ API

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    <p>A set of parameters for <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/classgpudb_1_1GPUdb#ac1a6c29a53988d10165a41ae5ce64658">GPUdb::createCatalog</a>. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>
    <p><code>#include \<<a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">gpudb/protocol/create\_catalog.h</a>></code></p>

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        <td className="mdescRight">Constructs a <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/structgpudb_1_1CreateCatalogRequest" title="A set of parameters for GPUdb::createCatalog.">CreateCatalogRequest</a> object with default parameters. <br /></td>
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      <p>A set of parameters for <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/classgpudb_1_1GPUdb#ac1a6c29a53988d10165a41ae5ce64658">GPUdb::createCatalog</a>. </p>
      <p>Creates a catalog, which contains the location and connection information for a deltalake catalog that is external to the database. </p>
      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00019">19</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00024">24</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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                      <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#aaaa1925d5f6fa4a9301184d25a5dff2c">create\_catalog\_access\_delegation</a>: Use access delegation for object store. Supported values:

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                      The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#a6ebac5b67471f8cab689f87cee97947f">create\_catalog\_false</a>.
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        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00088">88</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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        <p>Name of the <a href="/content/concepts/credentials" target="_top">credential</a> object to be used in catalog. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00124">124</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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        <p>Location of the catalog in 'http\[s]://\[server\[:port]]]' format. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00112">112</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00102">102</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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            The default value is <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/namespacegpudb#affc0a1c0e86ac6150585cf9a0a15cc87">create\_catalog\_datasource\_credentials</a>.
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        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00162">162</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00107">107</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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        <p><a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/classgpudb_1_1Type">Type</a> of the catalog (REST (unity, polaris, tabular), nessie, hive, glue). </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source#l00118">118</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a>.</p>
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      <li>gpudb/protocol/<a className="el" href="/content/api/cpp/create__catalog_8h_source">create\_catalog.h</a></li>
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