Analyzing a Profile
After a profile is created and listed in the Profiles tab, you
can send it for analysis. The profile is analyzed based on the rules selected for it
and a report gets displayed on the Data Profiling Results
page. The report can also be sent directly to the targeted users if you specify this
on the Add Profile page and you can also download it as a PDF
or Excel document.
The profile analysis can be run as a one
time activity or a recurring event by scheduling the recurrence in the Add
Schedule page. You can also start analysis directly from the
Profiles tab. In all these cases the analysis is run and the
status displayed on the Profiles and the
History tab. Note: The report can be downloaded as an Excel document only at
profile and table level.
When a profile starts getting analyzed, a
unique ID is assigned to it, which is displayed on the
History tab. For more information, see Viewing Analysis History.
To run profile analysis from the list of profiles displayed on the
Profiles tab, perform these steps:Note: If the same profile is sent for
analysis multiple times, every analysis is assigned a different ID.