Manually synchronize metadata

To keep the content of Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud synchronized with the schemas in the registered data source, you can synchronize manually or create a synchronization schedule to automatically do this with a fixed interval. Synchronizing manually can be useful if you want to test your data source, or if you want to synchronize immediately.

Before you begin

• You have registered your data source via Edge.
• You have configured the synchronization of your data source.

Required permissions

• You have a global role with the Catalog global permission, for example Catalog Author.
• You have a resource role with the Configure external system resource permission, for example Owner.
• You have a global role with the View Edge connections and capabilities global permission.
• You have the permissions to retrieve the metadata of the following database components through the JDBC Driver Database Metadata methods:
  • Schemas
  • Tables
  • Columns
  • Primary keys
  • Foreign keys

Steps

1. Open a Database asset page.
2. In the tab pane, click Configuration.
   
3. In the Metadata Synchronization tab page, optionally click the Refresh List icon to get the latest schema information from the data source.
   
4. Do one of the following:
   • To synchronize all schemas with a synchronization rule, click Synchronize Schemas with Rules.
     
   • To synchronize a specific schema in the database:
     1. Select the schema.
        
     2. At the right of the schema name, click Synchronize Schema.
   The synchronization job starts.
   The tables, columns, foreign keys and optionally views from the relevant schemas are ingested based on the configured synchronization rules. For more information, go to About synchronizing schemas.

What's next

If required, you can profile and classify the synchronized metadata.