@Héctor Pérez Arteaga Are you referring to the "Business Taxonomy" feature (https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.5.0/bk_data-governance/content/ch_managing_atlas_business_taxonomy.html)? If so, this is currently in tech preview feature and not recommended for production. Business Taxonomy, as it is, will not be developed further and will be replaced in a future version. I would advise you not use it if possible. Having said that, to answer your question; there is no API call to import Taxonomies in bulk. You would have to use the API to add each individual term. The best path is to write a script/program that calls the API to do the bulk inserts in a loop. ... View more

@Héctor Pérez Arteaga First let's cover Entities vs Types. Think of this the same way as the relation between Object and Class in Object-Oriented Program. The "Entity" (your table) is an instance of "Type" (hive_table). As such, an Entity can only contain attributes defined in the "Type". You can add metadata/attributes to an Entity (e.g. my_demo_table) using the REST API. However, you must first update the "Type" (e.g. hive_table) first with that particular attribute. So, for example, if you would like to add a new attribute called "Department" to a particular table, then you would have to add that attribute first in "hive_table" Type. After that you would be able to set the attribute value in your Entity "my_demo_table". ... View more