# GCP - How to enable Cloud Asset API

<span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Please refer to these instructions to enable Cloud Asset API.</span>

<div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" id="bkmrk-to-enable-the-cloud-"><div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">To enable the Cloud Asset API for your Google Cloud project, follow these steps:</div>1. <div>**Go to the Google Cloud Console**:</div>

- <div>Navigate to Google Cloud Console.[![Outlook-4l0dvbcd.png](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/vjGmkqtqTLwRb2DY-outlook-4l0dvbcd.png)](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/vjGmkqtqTLwRb2DY-outlook-4l0dvbcd.png)</div>

<div> </div>2. <div>**Select Your Project**:</div>

- <div>From the top project drop-down, select the Google Cloud project "**neriviodata-prod**" where you want to enable the Cloud Asset API.</div>

<div>[![embedded-image-pU8XHDXK.png](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/VzFtiVYS67IJsPBU-embedded-image-pu8xhdxk.png)](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/VzFtiVYS67IJsPBU-embedded-image-pu8xhdxk.png)</div>3. <div>**Enable the Cloud Asset API**:</div>

- <div>Go to the left sidebar and click on **APIs &amp; Services** &gt; **Library**.</div>

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- <div>In the search box, type **"Cloud Asset API"**.[![embedded-image-HNfyxMsn.png](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/JvNZIHMtE2zuTb9b-embedded-image-hnfyxmsn.png)](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/JvNZIHMtE2zuTb9b-embedded-image-hnfyxmsn.png)</div>

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- <div>Click on **Cloud Asset API** in the search results. [![embedded-image-chr092Ti.png](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/ma0kyP9uxqMw2d84-embedded-image-chr092ti.png)](https://cytechint-docs-bookstack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/ma0kyP9uxqMw2d84-embedded-image-chr092ti.png)</div>


- <div>Click the **Enable** button.</div>

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</div>4. <div>**Verify the API is Enabled**:</div>

- <div>Once enabled, you can verify that the Cloud Asset API is active by going to **APIs &amp; Services** &gt; **Dashboard** and checking for the Cloud Asset API in the list of enabled APIs.</div>

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