If you want to use the ADLS integration with Microsoft Purview to ingest schemas and tables, you need to register and scan your ADLS folders in Microsoft Purview.
- For more information on scanning, go to the Microsoft Purview documentation.
- For an overview of the file types supported for scanning, go to the Microsoft Purview documentation.
Steps
| # | Step | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Create an ADLS connection to Edge. | Creates a connection to Azure in your Edge or Collibra Cloud site. |
| 2 | Add the ADLS synchronization capability to Edge. | Adds the ADLS synchronization capability to the Azure Edge connection. The capability allows you to retrieve data from the ADLS file system. |
| 3 | Register the ADLS file system. | Creates the initial structure of a Storage Catalog domain and ADLS File System asset in the selected parent community. |
| 4 | Connect the ADLS file system asset to the Edge ADLS capability. | Links the registered ADLS file system to the Edge capability. |
| 5 | Create crawlers. | Creates crawlers that define the folders you want to synchronize. |
| 6 | Synchronize the ADLS file system. |
You can either manually synchronize the ADLS file system or add a synchronization schedule to automatically synchronize it. As a result, the ADLS metadata is integrated. |
Helpful resources
To learn more about the ADLS integration, follow our University course.