Register a data source via Edge

Before you can synchronize your data source, you have to register the data source to create an initial structure in a selected community in Data Catalog.

Prerequisites

• You have enabled data source registration via Edge.
• You have a global role with the Catalog global permission, for example Catalog Author.
• You have a global role with the View Edge connections and capabilities global permission.
• You have a resource role with the Configure external system resource permission, for example Owner.
• You have set up the required capability and JDBC connections in Edge.
• You have created a System asset.

Steps

1. In the main menu, click , then Catalog.
   The Catalog Home opens.
2. In the main menu, click the Create () button.
3. In the Register with Edge section of the Create dialog box, click Register a data source.
   The Register content page opens.
   Note You can register multiple databases via the same JDBC connection. If a database is already registered, the name of the Database asset is shown in the Data sources column.
4. In the row of the data source that you want to register, click Add.
   The Add Database page opens.
5. Enter the required information.

   Field	Description
   Community	The name of the parent community in which the assets will be created.
   System	The name of the System asset. After you registered the database, a relation of the type Technology Asset groups / is grouped by technology Asset is created between the System asset and the Database asset.
   Database name	The name of the database in the data source to which you created a JDBC connection. The drop-down menu automatically shows which databases exist in your data source. You can refresh the list by clicking next to the drop-down menu. The name will also be the name of the Database asset that is created as result of registering a data source via Edge.
   Description	A description of the data source.
   Owner	The owner of the data in the created community. By default, the current user is selected.

6. Click Register.
   A Physical Data Dictionary domain containing a System asset and Database asset is created.
   A relation of the type "Technology asset groups / is grouped by Technology asset " is created between the Database asset and the System asset.
   The Database asset page opens.
   A list of available schemas in the database is generated.
   

Note We highly recommend to not remove the relation between the Database asset and the System asset.

What's next?

You can now configure the synchronization of your data source then synchronize the metadata.