Manage an S3 synchronization schedule

You can add, edit, and delete an S3 synchronization schedule in Collibra.

Common prerequisites

• You have a resource role with the Configure external system resource permission on the community or domain that contains the S3 File System, 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.
• You have registered an Amazon S3 file system.
• You have a programmatic AWS user and IAM role with the required permissions.
• You have connected an S3 File System asset to Amazon S3.
• You have created one or more crawlers. If you completed the Glue database configuration parameter in the capability, you don't need to create crawlers.
• You have a role with the following resource permissions on the S3 community you created when you registered an Amazon S3 file system:
  • Asset: add
  • Attribute: add
  • Domain: add
  • Attachment: add

Edit an S3 synchronization schedule

You can edit the synchronization schedule of an Amazon S3 File System asset. For example, you can do this if you think the synchronization job runs too often or not often enough.

1. Open an S3 File System asset page.
2. In the tab bar, click Configuration.
3. In the Synchronization Schedule section, click Edit Schedule.
4. 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.

5. Click Save.

Remove an S3 synchronization schedule

You can remove a synchronization schedule from an Amazon S3 File System asset to stop automatically synchronizing Amazon S3.

1. Open an S3 File System asset page.
2. In the tab bar, click Configuration.
3. In the Synchronization Schedule section, click Remove Schedule.