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title: "Operations"
slug: "dev-catalog-operations"
updated: 2026-10-28T02:15:22Z
published: 2026-10-28T02:15:22Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/dev-catalog-operations"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Operations

What to ask your platform team for, and how to keep the Catalog's settings in code. Start with Access; use CI/CD and automation when you manage the snapshot schedule or user-defined columns.

- **[Access](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-operations-access)**: Request access to the Catalog and audit log from your platform team, including the identity policy, then check that it works.
- **[CI/CD and automation](/develop/docs/dev-catalog-operations-ci-cd)**: Keep the Catalog's snapshot schedule, retention and user-defined columns in code with the REST API or vastpy, and check freshness before reports.