Synchronize SAP Datasphere Catalog

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Synchronizing SAP Datasphere Catalog is the process of integrating metadata from the systems connected to SAP Datasphere Catalog and making the metadata available in Collibra. You can synchronize manually, or you can automate it by adding a synchronization schedule.

Before you begin

You have created a connection to SAP Datasphere Catalog in your Edge site.
You have added the SAP Datasphere Catalog capability for the connection.
For metadata synchronization, you know in which System asset you want to add the SAP Datasphere Catalog assets.

Requirements and permissions

Collibra Data Intelligence Platform 2025.02 or newer.
Edge 2025.02.7 or newer.
The Edge user must have the following permissions:
- The Edge site global role.
  Important Ensure that the Edge site global role has the Manage all resources global permission.
- A resource role (for example, Owner) that has the following resource permissions, for the community or domain in which the assets are ingested:
  - Asset > Add
  - Asset > Attribute > Add
  - Asset > Attribute > Remove
  - Asset > Attribute > Update
  - Asset > Remove
  - Asset > Update
  - Asset > Update Status
  - Domain > Add
You have a resource role with the Configure external system resource permission, for example, Owner.
You have a global role with the Catalog global permission, for example, Catalog Author.
You have a global role with the View Edge connections and capabilities global permission, for example, Edge integration engineer.

Steps

Manually synchronize SAP Datasphere Catalog
Add a synchronization schedule

On the main toolbar, click → Catalog.
The Data Catalog Home opens.
In the tab bar, click Integrations.
The Integrations page opens.
Click the Integration Configuration tab.
On the main toolbar, click .
The Create dialog box appears.
In the Register with Edge section of the Create dialog box, click Register a data sourceIntegration Configuration.
The Register contentIntegration Configuration tab page opens.
Locate the SAP Datasphere Catalog connection that you used when you added the SAP Datasphere capability and click the link in the Data sources/Capabilities column.
The synchronization configuration page opens.
In the center of the page, click Add Configuration.
In the relevant tab or tabs, as shown in the following image, configure the integration settings for the systems you want to include in the integration.
Tip For guidance on configuring the integration settings, go to SAP Datasphere Catalog integration settings.
Click Save Configuration.
Click Synchronize.
A notification indicates the synchronization has started.

On the main toolbar, click → Catalog.
The Data Catalog Home opens.
In the tab bar, click Integrations.
The Integrations page opens.
Click the Integration Configuration tab.
On the main toolbar, click .
The Create dialog box appears.
In the Register with Edge section of the Create dialog box, click Register a data sourceIntegration Configuration.
The Register contentIntegration Configuration tab page opens.
Locate the SAP Datasphere Catalog connection that you used when you added the SAP Datasphere capability and click the link in the Data sources/Capabilities column.
The synchronization configuration page opens.
In the Configuration SectionSynchronization Configuration section, click Add Configuration.
In the relevant tab or tabs, as shown in the following image, configure the integration settings for the systems you want to include in the integration.
Tip For guidance on configuring the integration settings, go to SAP Datasphere Catalog integration settings.
Click Save Configuration.
In the Synchronization Schedule section, click Add Schedule.

Enter the information.

Field	Description
Repeat	The interval when you want to synchronize automatically. The possible values are: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Cron expression.
Cron	The Quartz Cron expression that determines when the synchronization takes place. This field is only visible if you select `Cron expression` in the Repeat field.
Every	The day on which you want to synchronize, for example, Sunday. This field is only visible if you select `Weekly` in the Repeat field.
Every first	The day of the month on which you want to synchronize, for example, Tuesday. This field is only visible if you select `Monthly` in the Repeat field.
At	The time at which you want to synchronize automatically, for example, 14:00. You can only schedule on the hour. For example, you can add a synchronization schedule at 8:00, but not at 8:45. This field is only visible if you select `Daily`, `Weekly`, or `Monthly` in the Repeat field.
Time zone	The time zone for the schedule.

Click Save

What's next?

The synchronization job integrates the metadata.

After the synchronization:

You can view a summary of the results from the Activities list.
For metadata synchronization, the resulting assets get a relation to the System asset that you selected.
For information on the integrated data, go to Integrated SAP Datasphere data.