> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://v2.dataos.info/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://v2.dataos.info/build/stage-3-publish/overview.md).

# Overview

Until this stage, the product has been designed, built, tested, and validated. In Publish, you prepare the product deployment, apply the required resources, register the product metadata, and verify that consumers can discover and use it.

The goal is simple: **move from a validated build to a discoverable, reusable Data Product**.

## What publishing means

Publishing makes the Data Product available in DataOS so that consumers can find, understand, trust, and use it through the right access path.

## Why this stage matters

A Data Product is not complete just because the models run locally. It becomes complete when it is packaged with access, governance, metadata, and operational trust signals.

It becomes useful only when it is:

* **Discoverable**: users can find it in DataOS.
* **Understandable**: users can inspect its purpose, owner, contract, schema, and semantics.
* **Trusted**: users can review quality, freshness, lineage, and run history.
* **Reusable**: users can consume it through Hub, SQL, BI tools, APIs, SDKs, apps, or agents.
* **Operable**: owners can monitor runs, changes, health, and usage.

## What you do in this stage

Stage 3 has 3 main activities:

```
Review publish readiness -> Configure product deployment -> Deploy the product
```

| Activity                     | Purpose                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Review publish readiness     | Confirm the product is validated and safe to publish.                                    |
| Configure product deployment | Prepare the deployment resources and product specifications.                             |
| Deploy the product           | Apply the configuration, register the product, and verify it is discoverable and usable. |

At the end of Stage 3, the data product should be:

* Deployed to the target DataOS environment
* Visible in data product discovery surfaces

{% hint style="info" %}
In the Build section, you created the **Orders Analytics Data Product**. Now, you will publish it so others can discover, access, trust, and reuse it.
{% endhint %}


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