Sample data

Sample data is a set of representative, random data collected from a registered data source and shown in Data Catalog. This sample data is also used for data classification via the Data Classification Platform.

Sample data when using Jobserver

When working via Jobserver, you can create sample data by:

registering a data source and choosing to store sample data.
importing sample data via the Catalog API.

You can find the sample data by opening a table of the registered data source and clicking Sample data in the tab pane.

To delete sample data, refresh the related schema without storing the sample data. This action will remove all previously stored sample data of all tables in the schema.

Sample data when using Edge

When working via Edge, sample data isn't stored in Data Catalog and isn't visible.
Edge doesn’t send any samples to Collibra. Edge capabilities such as profiling and classification, collect sample data on the Edge site itself, which is installed in your environment, and only send the results to Data Catalog. For more information, see Configure the profiling and classification options via Edge.