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Run Profiling

Profiling analyzes the structure and content of your data. To profile a catalog item, you need to:

After that, you can view and analyze the results.

Set up DQ configuration

  1. Set up catalog item DQ configuration according to instructions at Set up DQ Configuration.

    There, you define whether to use sample or full profiling, and if profiling should be scheduled.

  2. Publish your changes to make them effective.

Run profiling

Profiling runs automatically at the times specified in the schedule.

You can also run it manually when needed:

  • For a catalog item:

    1. Navigate to the catalog item Data Quality > Profiling tab.

    2. Select Run full profiling or Run sample profiling depending on your configuration.

      Run profiling from catalog item
  • For a DQ Report: To run profiling (if configured) and DQ evaluation for all catalog items in a DQ Report, select Run on the report.

    Run profiling from DQ Report

View results

After the run finishes, you can view the results on the catalog item Data Quality > Profiling tab.

For information on how to interpret profiling results, see Understand Profiling Results.

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