# Publish metadata to a data catalog Publish / describe A variant of [Describe a dataset](https://meridian.online/operations/describe-a-dataset). Send harvested metadata about datasets and their fields to a data catalog service. Page: ## Status Not built yet. arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#describe-a-dataset) ## What other tools call it Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3). - Alteryx Designer: [`Connect JSON Builder`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/connect/connect-json-builder.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Alteryx Designer: [`Connect Output`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/connect/connect-output.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Alteryx Designer: [`ODBC Loader`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/connect/odbc-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27) - EasyMorph: [`Catalog command`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:catalogcommand) (read 2026-09-27) - Pentaho Data Integration: [`Write metadata`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27)