Steps overview: Create technical lineage for GCP via Edge

The following table shows the required steps for creating technical lineage for GCP. Note that technical lineage for GCP was formerly known as technical lineage for Dataplex.

Important  You can also integrate the metadata of Knowledge Catalog views, entries, and aspects using the Knowledge Catalog metadata integration. For more information, go to the Knowledge Catalog documentation.

# Step Description
1 Review the preflight checks. Review the complete list of required GCP roles and permissions. Share this list with your GCP Administrator to request access before beginning the setup.
2

Create a Google Cloud Platform connection.

Create a Google Cloud Platform connection to allow Collibra Data Lineage to connect to and retrieve metadata from GCP.
3

Add the Technical Lineage for GCP capability.

 Add the technical lineage capability to your Edge or Collibra Cloud site. The capability allows Collibra Data Lineage to retrieve lineage information from your data source.
4 Synchronize the technical lineage.

You can synchronize your technical lineage manually or automatically by adding a synchronization schedule.

What's next

After you synchronize the technical lineage, you can view the ingestion report. This shows the impact of technical lineage synchronization on the assets in Collibra.

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