Edit a crawler

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In Collibra 2024.05, we launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Data Intelligence 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 edit a crawler of an S3 File System asset in Data Catalog. For example, you can do this if you want to edit the exclude pattern.

Prerequisites

  • You have registered an Amazon S3 file system.
  • You have connected an S3 File System asset to Amazon S3.

Requirements and permissions

Steps

  1. Open an S3 File System asset page.
  2. In the tab panebar, click Configuration. In the tab panebar, click Configuration.
  3. In the Crawlers section, click Edit Configuration.
  4. In the Crawlers section, in the row of the crawler that you want to edit, click .
    The Edit crawler window appears.
  5. Enter the required information.
    FieldDescription

    Domain

    The domain in which the assets of the S3 file system are created.

    Name

    The name of the crawler in Collibra.

    Table LevelSpecify the level from which tables have to be created during the integration. By default, tables are created from the top level, level 1.
    Only specify a number if you want to create tables starting from another level, such as 2 or 3. For more information, go to the AWS documentation.
    Include path

    The case-sensitive path to a directory of a bucket in Amazon S3. All objects and subdirectories of this path are crawled.

    For more information and examples, go to the AWS Glue documentation.

    Exclude patterns

    Glob pattern that represents the objects that are in the include path, but that you want to exclude.

    For more information and examples, go to the AWS Glue documentation.

    Add patternButton to add additional exclude patterns.
    Custom Classifier

    If you want the AWS crawler created by the S3 integration to use a specified custom classifier, add the name of the classifier in this field. The custom classifier should be created in the AWS Glue console. For more information, go to the AWS Glue documentation.

    You can add multiple classifiers by clicking Add Custom Classifier.

  6. Click Save.