Registering a data source via Edge

Registering a data source via Edge makes metadata from the data source available in Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud.

Tip You can also register a data source via Jobserver.

Steps

The following table shows the steps required for registering a data source via Edge.

Step	What?	Description	Results
0	Prerequisites	Before you can register a data source via Edge, you must have JDBC connections and capabilities. If the JDBC connections and capabilities are not configured yet, a message on the Register content page shows "No data available" and you cannot continue registering a data source.	The Register content page shows a list of available JDBC connections that you can use to register your database.
1	Register a data source	Registering a data source creates the structure for the metadata in Collibra.	A Physical Data Dictionary domain containing a System and Database asset is created. A list of available schemas is created on the Configuration tab page of the Database asset
2	Synchronize one or more schemas manually.	Synchronizing the schema of a registered data source to make the metadata available in Collibra.	Schema, Table and Column assets are created in the same domain.

Step

What?

Description

Results

Prerequisites

Before you can register a data source via Edge, you must have JDBC connections and capabilities.

If the JDBC connections and capabilities are not configured yet, a message on the Register content page shows "No data available" and you cannot continue registering a data source.

The Register content page shows a list of available JDBC connections that you can use to register your database.

Registering a data source creates the structure for the metadata in Collibra.

A Physical Data Dictionary domain containing a System and Database asset is created. A list of available schemas is created on the Configuration tab page of the Database asset

Synchronize one or more schemas manually.

Synchronizing the schema of a registered data source to make the metadata available in Collibra.

Schema, Table and Column assets are created in the same domain.

After registering a data source via Edge

When the registration is complete:

A message at the top right tells you that the database registration is complete. A domain and a Database asset are immediately created.
A workflow to assign a technical steward to the new domain is started. This is a simple out-of-the-box workflow that you can edit to fit your organization's needs. When you have assigned a technical steward, that technical steward has to set the security classification and indicate whether the data elements contain personally identifiable information (PII).
You can synchronize schemas in the database, including all tables, columns, views and foreign keys.
The synchronization jobs of all schemas run in parallel.
Collibra creates reports:
- during the synchronization, to show the progress of the synchronization job.
- after synchronizing, to show the synchronization logs for each synchronized schema.
When the synchronization job is complete, you can profile and classify your data via Edge.
If you registered a database without schemas, a new Schema asset is automatically created with the same name as the database or with a name as defined in the Edge capability.