The Context Management App

Creating a Context

1. In the Context Management app, click Create.

2. In the Add Context dialog, define the context header:

   Field	Description
   Name	Enter a unique name for the context.
   Description	[optional] Enter a description for the context.
   Type	Select one of the following types: Data Shop Select this type if you want to be the only data provider in this context to publish data products for one or multiple consumers. You can invite consumers to join your context as members, but you cannot invite other data providers. Private Data Products Select this type for a scenario where one or multiple consumers act as data providers to share internal reference data with the context owner, who uses this data for the creation of data products. You can invite consumers who also want to act as data providers, or other data providers, to join your context. Private Data Exchange Use this type to build up a data exchange involving multiple providers and consumers, including those from different companies. As the context owner, you can choose if you want to act as either a provider or consumer, or decide not to participate at all.. It allows converting from an operator that wants to monetize the data exchange to a consortium where all participants have the same rights. Internal Data Marketplace Select this type to enable all the users of a tenant to acquire data products internally. Users from other tenants can only view these data products if they have been individually granted access with an activation key or if their tenant has been explicitly added. When you create a context of type internal data marketplace, all the users of your tenant are automatically added by default to the context. To add other tenants, you must add them in the Context Access Details. Catena-X This type of context is a private context exclusively dedicated to members of the Catena-X automotive network. Catena-X Access Policy Use this context to create a private offering within the Catena-X network. Indeed, the Catena-X Access Policy context allows you to restrict access to data products to selected members only. After creating the context, proceed with creating member or data provider activation keys if necessary.
   Domains	[optional] Enter one or more domains to check that only eligible members can join the context by using valid activation keys. Only users with email addresses from these specified domains are allowed to join the context using their activation keys. The domains will be compared with the domain name in the user's email address. The check is done when the user joins the context.
   Valid Until	[optional] Enter the last day of the validity of the context. You can type the date manually, or you can use the calendar applet to select a date after which the context expires. You can change the validity date later, if needed, to terminate or extend the context validity. When a context expires, data products are not installable and not visible anymore on the consumer side.

3. Click Create.

   The context will be created and set to status Draft. In order to use it, you must activate it.

Activating a Context

Before consumers can use their activation keys to join a context, you must activate the context.

To activate a context, in the My Contexts overview, for your context click  (Details) to open the context details panel and click  (Activate).

Generating and Copying Activation Keys for a Context

To participate in a context, consumers or other data providers (depending on the type of the context) must specify an activation key when joining the corresponding context. For this purpose, you generate activation keys that you can share with planned participants.

There are activation keys for members and activation keys for data providers. When activated, member activation keys allow users to view and consume data products from this context. Data provider activation keys allow users to contribute to this context, and also entails the rights of member activation keys.

1. In the My Contexts overview, for your context click  (Details) to open the context details panel.

2. In the Data Provider Activation Keys or Member Activation Keys section, click Generate.

3. In the Generate Activation Keys dialog, enter the number of activation keys to be generated and click Create. The maximum number of unused keys for a context (keys that haven't been activated by a user yet) is 50.

4. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the keys, including some descriptive text, to your computer's clipboard and share the keys with other users to allow them to join the context.

You can also delete activation keys. Select the key (click the left column of the row) and click Delete.

Joining a Context

To join a context, click Join.

Enter the activation key that you have received and click Activate.

After joining, you can see all data products listed in this context. If you have joined with a data provider key, you can start creating data products for this context.

Contexts joined with a provider activation key are read-only and can only be maintained by the context owner.

Defining Context Access Details

When creating a context of type internal data marketplace, go to the Context Access Details to add one or several tenants to the context.

1. In the My Contexts overview, for your context click  (Details) to open the context details panel.

2. In the Context Access Details section, specify the tenants you want to add to the internal context:

   • Click  (Add) to add a tenant.

   • Click  (Edit) to edit the tenants that have already been added to the context (to remove a tenant from the context for instance).

3. When you're done, click the Save button.

When creating a context of type Catena-X Access Policy, go to the Context Access Details to add one or several users to the context.

1. In the My Contexts overview, for your context click  (Details) to open the context details panel.

2. In the Catena-X Access Policy section, specify the Catena-X members you want to add to the context:

   • Click  (Add) to add a member.

   • Enter the BPN (official Catena-X Business Partner Number) and the names of the members you want to add.

3. When you're done, click the Save button.

Adding a Logo or Editing the Context Header

After defining the context header, you can add a logo for the context. If needed, you can adjust the following data in the header of a context: Name, Description, Domains, and Valid Until.

You can also upload an image to use as a logo for your context.

Leaving a Context

To leave a context, in the My Contexts overview, for your context, click Leave.

If you leave a context, you won't be able to see the data products listed in this context anymore.

Deleting a Context

In the overview of the contexts, for your context click  (Details) to open the context details panel and click  (Delete).

If you delete a context, unused activation keys will expire.