Activities

An activity is a process that Collibra runs in the background. While the process is running, you can use Collibra as usual. Some examples of activities include importing and exporting assets, registering a data source, and profiling data.

Important 

In Collibra 2024.05, we launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Platform! 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:

You can find a list of activities in the following locations:

  • On the main menu
  • On your profile page
  • In the Collibra settings

The activities list on the main menu shows only the most recent and ongoing activities.

You can open the activities list by clicking on the main menu. If an activity is still running, it is indicated by a spinning wheel. You can open the activities list by clicking on the main menu.

The Activities tab on your profile page contains a table with all your activities.

You can open the Activities tab by clicking Show moreGo to All Activities in the activities list on the main menu, or by opening your profile page and then clicking the Activities tab.

The following table describes the columns shown on the Activities tab on your profile page.

Column Description
Created Date and time when the activity started.
Name Name of the activity.
Status

Status of the activity. The following statuses can be shown:

  • Canceled for canceled activities.
  • Canceling for activities that are in the process of being canceled.
  • Completed for completed activities.
  • Error for failed activities.
  • Running for activities that are still running.
  • Waiting for activities that aren't started yet.
Job Result Results of the job, which are based on whether you selected the option to continue on error.
  • Success: All imports are completed without any errors.
  • Completed with error: There are some errors but all successful imports are completed.
  • Aborted: The import was stopped after reaching the threshold of the number of failed commands set in the import configuration setting in Collibra Console . All successful commands before reaching the threshold were completed.
  • Failure: Something went wrong and caused the job to stop before processing all imports or reaching the number of failed commands threshold.
Started Date and time when the activity started.
Finished Date and time when the activity finished.
Results

If available, the Results button to view detailed results of the activity.

Depending on the activity, the result can be different. For example, if you exported assets and clicked Results, the export results are downloaded. If you registered a data source in Data Catalog and clicked Results, a dialog box appears to show more information about the registration job.
A column to delete an activity Icon () to remove the activity from the table. This action doesn't delete the activity; it only hides or removes it from the table.

The Activities tab in the General section of the Collibra settings contains a table with all activities started by all users.

The following table describes the columns shown on the Activities tab in the Collibra settings.

Column Description
Created Date and time when the activity started.
Name Name of the activity.
Status

Status of the activity. The following statuses can be shown:

  • Canceled for canceled activities.
  • Canceling for activities that are in the process of being canceled.
  • Completed for completed activities.
  • Error for failed activities.
  • Running for activities that are still running.
  • Waiting for activities that aren't started yet.
Job Result Results of the job, which are based on whether you selected the option to continue on error.
  • Success: All imports are completed without any errors.
  • Completed with error: There are some errors but all successful imports are completed.
  • Aborted: The import was stopped after reaching the threshold of the number of failed commands set in the import configuration setting in Collibra Console . All successful commands before reaching the threshold were completed.
  • Failure: Something went wrong and caused the job to stop before processing all imports or reaching the number of failed commands threshold.
Started Date and time when the activity started.
Finished Date and time when the activity finished.
Results

If available, the Results button to view detailed results of the activity.

Depending on the activity, the result can be different. For example, if you exported assets and clicked Results, the export results are downloaded. If you registered a data source in Data Catalog and clicked Results, a dialog box appears to show more information about the registration job.
A column to delete an activity Icon () to remove the activity from the table. This action doesn't delete the activity; it only hides or removes it from the table.