Register content and Add Database pages

Important 

In Collibra 2024.02, we've launched a new user interface (UI) in beta for Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud! You can learn more about this latest UI in the UI overview.

Use the following options to see the documentation in the latest UI or in the previous, classic UI:

When you register a data source via Edge, you first choose the JDBC connection, and then add a database. You perform these steps on different steps:

Register content page Register Data Source page

The Register content page shows the data sources that are connected to Data Catalog via Edge. From this page, you can register the data sources to create assets that represent the content of these data sources.

The Register Data Source page shows the data sources that are connected to Data Catalog via Edge. From this page, you can register and integrate the data sources to create assets that represent the content of these data sources.

Column Description
Connection name The name of the connection to the data source.
Description The description of the connection to the data source.

Type

Connection Type

The type of connection. For example, JDBC

Data sources

The name of the database that is already registered in Data Catalog. If the column is empty, the connection doesn't have a database yet.

Tip If you click the name of the asset, you are automatically redirected to the Database asset page. If the name of the asset is grayed out, you don't have permission to go to the asset's page.

Capabilities Click the capability to configure the integration connection. Click the capability for other integrations.

Add

Register

Click the Add button to add the connection to a database and register the data source.

Click Register to register the data source. Click Register for JDBC, S3, GCS, and ADLS integrations.

All registered databases are listed in the Data Sources column.

Add Database page Register a Data Source dialog box

In the Add DatabasepageRegister a Data Source dialog box you can select a community, a System asset, the database from your data source that you want to register and the owner of the data.

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 have registered the database, a relation of the type Technology Asset groups / is grouped by Technology Asset is created between this System asset and the newly created Database asset.

Important 

A Database asset should have only one relation of the type 'Technology asset groups / is grouped by Technology asset' to a System asset.

Owner

Tip By default, this field is called Owner, referencing the out-of-the-box Owner resource role. If you change the name of this out-of-the-box resource role, the updated name will be displayed instead.

After the registration, a new domain and Database asset will be created specifically for this database in the community that you have specified. The user you select in this field will receive the responsibility for the domain. This ownership is then inherited by the Database asset.

By default, the current user is selected.

Note  An owner must be associated with the Database asset for synchronizations to run. The owner can be changed later on, but should not be removed.

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 a result of registering the data source via Edge.

Important 
  • If you rename a database in the data source, the Edge synchronization process will consider it a new database. We don’t detect the renaming of a database at this moment.
  • Some data sources allow you to use one Edge connection to register multiple databases. In that case, the drop-down will show more than one name.
Description

A description of the data source.