Synchronizing Sigma imports and updates metadata from your Sigma environment into Collibra Data Catalog. This operation uses the Sigma capability (configured in Edge or Collibra Cloud site) to fetch metadata for workspaces, dashboards, datasets, data elements, and data connections, and automatically create or update them as assets in the Collibra Catalog.
You can also choose to create technical lineage (in preview) during synchronization.
You can synchronize manually or automate the process by adding a synchronization schedule.
Before you begin
- You have created a connection to Sigma in your Edge or Collibra Cloud site.
- You have added the Sigma capability for the connection.
- The Edge site status is Healthy.
- The Sigma API token or service account credentials are valid.
Requirements and permissions
- 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.
- You have a resource role with the Configure external system resource permission, for example, Owner.
Steps
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On the main toolbar, click
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Catalog.
The Catalog homepage opens. - Click Integrations.
The Integrations page opens. - Click the Integration Configuration tab.
- In the Integration column, find the technical lineage capability that you created, and click the capability name.
The Integration configuration page for the capability opens. - In the Metadata Inbound tab, click the Edit icon.
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Enter the required information.
Field Description Required Options updated: <timestamp> Options updated: <timestamp> next to Synchronization configuration indicates the last time the data was retrieved.
A scheduled refresh job is automatically created when you complete the capability configuration. You can also manually refresh the metadata by clicking Options updated: <timestamp>. The scheduled refresh job appears on the Jobs dashboard of your Edge site with the same name as your lineage capability.
If two jobs with the same name appear on the Jobs dashboard, one is the scheduled refresh job and the other is the lineage synchronization job. By default, the scheduled refresh job runs daily at 23:00 server time. Unlike the lineage synchronization job, the scheduled refresh job appears only on the Jobs dashboard and not in the Activities list.
This action populates the Workspaces field.
No Domain Select the domain in which Sigma assets should be created.
Important Choose a domain of type Technology Asset to ensure compatibility.
Yes Workspaces Add one or more Sigma workspaces to restrict synchronization to specific workspaces. To add a Sigma workspace ID, click Add Workspace ID.
If left blank, all available workspaces are synchronized.
The field is prepopulated with the workspace IDs available in your Sigma environment. Loading the workspace IDs into the dropdown list can take some time.
Yes Field Action Required Options updated: <timestamp> Options updated: <timestamp> next to Synchronization configuration indicates the last time the data was retrieved.
A scheduled refresh job is automatically created when you complete the capability configuration. You can also manually refresh the metadata by clicking Options updated: <timestamp>. The scheduled refresh job appears on the Jobs dashboard of your Edge site with the same name as your lineage capability.
If two jobs with the same name appear on the Jobs dashboard, one is the scheduled refresh job and the other is the lineage synchronization job. By default, the scheduled refresh job runs daily at 23:00 server time. Unlike the lineage synchronization job, the scheduled refresh job appears only on the Jobs dashboard and not in the Activities list.
This action populates the Workspaces field.
No Source ID Enter the identifier of the Sigma source to scope lineage extraction.
Yes Domain Select the domain where Sigma lineage assets will be created.
Yes Workspaces To add a Sigma workspace ID from which you want to harvest lineage, click Add Workspace ID.
Add one or more Sigma workspace IDs to restrict lineage ingestion.
The field is prepopulated with the workspace IDs available in your Sigma environment. Loading the workspace IDs into the dropdown list can take some time.
Leave empty to synchronize lineage for all available workspaces.
No - Click Save.
- Click Synchronize.
A notification indicates the synchronization has started.
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On the main toolbar, click
→
Catalog.
The Catalog homepage opens. - Click Integrations.
The Integrations page opens. - Click the Integration Configuration tab.
- In the Integration column, find the technical lineage capability that you created, and click the capability name.
The Integration configuration page for the capability opens. - In the Metadata Inbound tab, click the Edit icon.
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Enter the required information.
Field Description Required Options updated: <timestamp> Options updated: <timestamp> next to Synchronization configuration indicates the last time the data was retrieved.
A scheduled refresh job is automatically created when you complete the capability configuration. You can also manually refresh the metadata by clicking Options updated: <timestamp>. The scheduled refresh job appears on the Jobs dashboard of your Edge site with the same name as your lineage capability.
If two jobs with the same name appear on the Jobs dashboard, one is the scheduled refresh job and the other is the lineage synchronization job. By default, the scheduled refresh job runs daily at 23:00 server time. Unlike the lineage synchronization job, the scheduled refresh job appears only on the Jobs dashboard and not in the Activities list.
This action populates the Workspaces field.
No Domain Select the domain in which Sigma assets should be created.
Important Choose a domain of type Technology Asset to ensure compatibility.
Yes Workspaces Add one or more Sigma workspaces to restrict synchronization to specific workspaces. To add a Sigma workspace ID, click Add Workspace ID.
If left blank, all available workspaces are synchronized.
The field is prepopulated with the workspace IDs available in your Sigma environment. Loading the workspace IDs into the dropdown list can take some time.
Yes Field Action Required Options updated: <timestamp> Options updated: <timestamp> next to Synchronization configuration indicates the last time the data was retrieved.
A scheduled refresh job is automatically created when you complete the capability configuration. You can also manually refresh the metadata by clicking Options updated: <timestamp>. The scheduled refresh job appears on the Jobs dashboard of your Edge site with the same name as your lineage capability.
If two jobs with the same name appear on the Jobs dashboard, one is the scheduled refresh job and the other is the lineage synchronization job. By default, the scheduled refresh job runs daily at 23:00 server time. Unlike the lineage synchronization job, the scheduled refresh job appears only on the Jobs dashboard and not in the Activities list.
This action populates the Workspaces field.
No Source ID Enter the identifier of the Sigma source to scope lineage extraction.
Yes Domain Select the domain where Sigma lineage assets will be created.
Yes Workspaces To add a Sigma workspace ID from which you want to harvest lineage, click Add Workspace ID.
Add one or more Sigma workspace IDs to restrict lineage ingestion.
The field is prepopulated with the workspace IDs available in your Sigma environment. Loading the workspace IDs into the dropdown list can take some time.
Leave empty to synchronize lineage for all available workspaces.
No - Click Save.
- 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. CronThe Quartz Cron expression that determines when the synchronization takes place.
This field is only visible if you select
Cron expressionin the Repeat field.EveryThe day on which you want to synchronize, for example, Sunday.
This field is only visible if you select
Weeklyin the Repeat field.Every firstThe day of the month on which you want to synchronize, for example, Tuesday.
This field is only visible if you select
Monthlyin 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, orMonthlyin the Repeat field.
Time zone The time zone for the schedule. - Click Save
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.