Add or edit a synchronization schedule

To keep the content of Collibra Platform synchronized with the schemas in the registered data source, you can synchronize manually or add a schedule to automatically do this at fixed intervals.

Note

You can add only one synchronization schedule for all schemas of a data source. All schemas with synchronization rules will be synchronized at the specified intervals.
If you define a Cron expression to schedule the synchronization and the defined Cron expression expires, the Configuration tab page will show a notification.

Prerequisites

You have registered your database.
You have configured the synchronization of your data source.
Make sure the Database asset has an assigned owner.
To validate this, go to the Database asset → Responsibilities. The owner is assigned during the registration of the data source. The owner doesn't need to be the same user as the user who triggers the synchronization.

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

Open a Database asset page.
In the tab bar, click Configuration.
In the Synchronization Schedule section of the Metadata Synchronization tab page, click Add Schedule to add a new schedule, or to edit an existing schedule.

Enter the required 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.
All schemas with synchronization rules are ingested according to the synchronization schedule. For more information, go to About synchronizing schemas.