Enable profiling for Edge

To enable Edge profiling and classification of synchronized metadata in Data Catalog, you need to run a command and enable multiple settings.

 

Before you begin

• You have enabled Database registration via Edge.
• You have run the command to enable classification on your Edge site.

Required permissions

You have the ADMIN or SUPER role in Collibra Console.
You have a global role that has the System administration global permission.
The Services Configuration tab is available in the Collibra settings.

Steps

1. Open the Services Configuration page.

   1. On the main toolbar, click , and then click 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 Data Governance Center service of that environment.
   4. Click Configuration.
   5. Click Edit configuration.
2. In the Data profiling section, enter the required information:
   

   Setting	Description
   Database profiling via Edge	An option to enable profiling and classifying of synchronized metadata via Edge instead of Jobserver. True: Profiling and classification via Edge. False: Profile via Jobserver and classify via the Data Classification Platform. Note You can enable Database profiling via Edge only if you also enabled Database registration via Edge.
   Maximum duration of a profiling Edge job	The maximum time duration, in minutes, that a profiling Edge job can run before Data Profiling stops the job. The default value is 20,160 minutes, 2 days. You can increase this limit to a maximum of 4 days.
   Parallel schema profiling via Edge	The maximum number of schemas that Edge can profile at the same time. By default, the value of this setting is 4. This means Edge processes four profiling jobs at a time. This can have a huge positive impact on the performance of the profiling activity. You can increase this number to a maximum of 16. Note  If you increase this number to more than four jobs, make sure that your Edge site resources are aligned with the extra requests it will receive. If you decrease this number and the running number of jobs exceeds the limit, no job will be canceled. Instead, there won't be any room to schedule a new job until at least one running job is completed. Example  The parallel schema profiling via Edge setting is set to 4. For 1 database that contains 3 schemas, we will process all 3 schemas at the same time. For 2 databases that contain 4 schemas in total, we will process all 4 schemas at the same time. For 1 database that contains 8 schemas, we will start with 4 schemas and then proceed to the next ones as soon as a job is completed.
   Anonymize profiling data for all data types in Edge	Enable this option to anonymize all Edge profiling results stored in Collibra. True: Profiling results via Edge are anonymized for all columns. False (default): Profiling results via Edge are anonymized only for columns with the Text or Geo data type.

   Note 

   • You don't need to enable theAnonymize data (Jobserver) setting because this setting is not relevant for Edge.
   • You don't need to enable the Enable Data Classification setting in the Data Classification configuration section. This setting relates only to the Data Classification Platform.
     If this setting is set to true, the Classify button is available on Column and Table asset pages. This button allows you to classify data via the Data Classification Platform. However, when using profiling and classification via Edge, you don't need the Data Classification Platform.
3. Click Save all.

What's next?

Continue the configuration for profiling and classification.