Enable technical lineage via Edge

To use technical lineage via Edge, you must first enable it.

If you have multiple databases with the same name, you can also use the Collibra system name setting to instruct Edge to use the system or server name of a data source to match to the System asset that you create in Data Catalog.

These settings are general configurations that apply to all technical lineage features on Edge.

Prerequisites and permissions

The settings on the Services Configuration page are also available in the Collibra service settings in Collibra Console.

Note The Services Configuration page is not available by default. For more information, contact Collibra Support.

Steps

Depending on your environment, follow this procedure either on the Services Configuration tab of the Collibra settings or in Collibra Console:

Important You can't edit the service configuration from the Settings page in the latest UI. If you use the latest UI, you can edit the service configuration only in Collibra Console. For more information, go to Collibra service configuration settings.
  1. Open the Services Configuration page.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Collibra settings page opens.
    2. Click Services Configuration.
    3. Click Edit configuration.
    Open the DGC service settings for editing:
    1. Open Collibra Console.
      Collibra Console opens with the Infrastructure page.
    2. In the tab pane, expand an environment to show its services.
    3. In the tab pane, click the Collibra Platform service of that environment.
    4. Click Configuration.
    5. Click Edit configuration.
  2. In the Lineage on Edge section, enter the following information:

    Setting

    Description

    DGC user nameThe user name to be used to ingest metadata in Data Catalog via Collibra Data Lineage service.
    DGC user passwordThe password for the user to be used to ingest metadata.
    Collibra system name

    Indicates whether you want to use the system or server name of a data source to match to the System asset that you create in Data Catalog.

    We recommend setting the value to True only if you have multiple databases with the same name.

    False (default value)
    Edge ignores the system or server names that you specify, for example:
    • The Collibra system name field in a technical lineage capability.
    • The collibraSystemName property in the Source Configuration field of a technical lineage capability.
    • The System field on the Synchronization Configuration page when you synchronize a capability.
    True
    The technical lineage via Edge uses the system or server names that you specify, for example:
    • The Collibra system name field in a technical lineage capability.
    • The collibraSystemName property in the Source Configuration field of a technical lineage capability.
    • The System field on the Synchronization Configuration page when you synchronize a capability.
    Important If you use Edge and the CLI lineage harvester to generate the technical lineage, the following values must be the same:

    If the values are different, the technical lineage synchronization will fail.

  3. Click Save all.