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title: "Create Datasets"
slug: "users-guide-create-datasets"
updated: 2026-03-17T10:16:02Z
published: 2026-03-17T10:16:02Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.fortanix.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create Datasets

## 1.0 Introduction

A dataset contains information on how to securely retrieve remote data.

This includes the following:

- A location, such as a URL to an external storage service.
- Credentials such as username, password, auth-token, and so on, which are stored securely in a KMS (currently this is Fortanix-Data-Security-Managers).

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> - A **Credential** is a fully user-provided object, for example: this can be a JSON string that contains the query parameter of the S3 pre-signed URL and the decryption key.
> - Credentials can be rotated through updates to datasets; all approved enclaves are allowed to refresh and get the latest credentials.

You can leverage these objects to provide data to enclaves securely.

Fortanix CCM’s EDP and EnclaveOS products can retrieve datasets and their credentials when run in an approved workflow. *For more information about workflows, refer to*[*Workflows*](/v1/docs/users-guide-create-update-clone-and-delete-workflows).

## 2.0 Create a Dataset

**User's Guide: Create Datasets**

Perform the following steps to create a dataset:

1. In the CCM left navigation panel, click the **Dataverse**→ **Datasets**menu item, and then click **+ ADD DATASET**to create a new dataset.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Screenshot (3290).png)

**Figure 1: Add dataset**
2. On the **DATASET**form:

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/2026-02-03_12-16-47.png)

**Figure 3: Create new dataset**
  1. **Name** – the dataset name. For example, **Dataset1**.
  2. **Description** (optional) – the dataset description.
  3. **Labels** (optional)– attach one or more key-value labels to the dataset.
  4. **Group** – Select the required group name from the drop down menu to associate this dataset with that group.
  5. **Location** – the URL where the data can be accessed.
  6. **Long Description** (optional)– enter the content in GitHub-flavoured Markdown file format. You can also use **Fetch Long Description** to get the Markdown file content from an external URL. Ensure that Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) is enabled on the external URL so that Fortanix CCM can access it. *For more information, refer to the steps for*[*AWS*](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/enabling-cors-examples.html)*and*[*Azure*](https://docshield.tungstenautomation.com/Printix/en_US/help/admin/Printix_admin/t_how_to_set_up_azure_blob_storage_cors.html).
  7. **Name**: Enter a name for the dataset. For example, Demo Dataset.
  8. **Description**(Optional): Enter a short description of the dataset.
  9. **Labels**(Optional): Add one or more key–value labels to the dataset.
  10. **Group**: Select the required group name from the drop down menu to associate this dataset with that group.
  11. **Location**: Enter the URL where the data can be accessed.
  12. **Long Description** (Optional): Enter the dataset details in GitHub-flavored Markdown format.

The following is the sample long description in Markdown format:

```bash
- Strikethrough Text
~~It is Strikethrough test..~~

- Blockquote Text
> Test Blockquote.

- Bold
**A sample Description.**

- Italic
*It is Italics*

- Bold and Italic
***Bold and Italics text***

- Link
This is [Website](https://www.fortanix.com/)?
```

Or you can click **FETCH LONG DESCRIPTION** to import the Markdown file content from an external URL.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Screenshot (2878).png)

**Figure 2: Fetch long description**

> [!NOTE]
> Your title goes here
> 
> Ensure that Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) is enabled on the external URL so that Fortanix CCM can access it. *For more information, refer to the steps for*[*AWS*](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/enabling-cors-examples.html)*and*[*Azure*](https://docshield.tungstenautomation.com/Printix/en_US/help/admin/Printix_admin/t_how_to_set_up_azure_blob_storage_cors.html)*.*
  13. **Credentials**: Enter the credentials required to access the data.
3. Click **SAVE** to create the dataset.

The dataset is created successfully.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Screenshot (2879).png)

**Figure 4: Dataset created**

## 3.0 Update a Dataset

Perform the following steps to edit a dataset:

1. From the dataset table, select the dataset that you want to update.
2. In the dataset details view, click **EDIT**to modify the dataset configuration.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Screenshot (2880).png)

**Figure 5: Edit dataset**
3. Update the required fields, such as **Name**, **Description**, **Location**, **Labels**, and **Credentials**.
4. Click **SAVE** after you edit the dataset.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> You can also update a dataset by clicking the overflow menu ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/BYOE_Overflow_Icon(5).png) for the dataset entry in the table and selecting**EDIT DATASET** from the drop down menu.
> 
> ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Screenshot (2881).png)
> 
> **Figure 6: Edit dataset**

## 4.0 Delete a Dataset

Perform the following steps to delete a dataset:

1. From the dataset table, select the dataset that you want to delete.
2. In the dataset details view, click **DELETE**.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Screenshot (2880) - Copy.png)

**Figure 7: Delete dataset**
3. In the confirmation dialog box, click **DELETE**to confirm the action.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> You can also delete a dataset by clicking the overflow menu ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/BYOE_Overflow_Icon(5).png) for the dataset entry in the table and selecting **DELETE DATASET** from the drop down menu.
> 
> ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Screenshot (2881) - Copy.png)
> 
> **Figure 8: Delete dataset**

Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) is the world’s first cloud service secured with Intel® SGX. With Fortanix DSM, you can securely generate, store, and use cryptographic keys and certificates, as well as other secrets such as passwords, API keys, tokens, or any blob of data. Your business-critical applications and containers can integrate with Fortanix DSM using legacy cryptographic interfaces (PKCS#11, CNG, and JCE) or using the native Fortanix DSM RESTful interface.

## Related

- [Create, Update, Clone, and Delete Workflows](/users-guide-create-update-clone-and-delete-workflows.md)