Configuring Profile

For every profile you create, you need to define certain settings at the outset, so that these don't need to be looked into every time you run profile analysis. These settings include:
  • Rules of data quality analysis
  • Sample size for each table in the result
  • List of users to whom the profiling results are to be sent automatically

Besides, you can also specify the number of tables to be run concurrently in profiling and the number of runs that are saved for data preview. For details, see Specifying Profiling Default Settings.

You can configure your profile using the Configure Profile stage of the Add Profile page. To do this, perform these tasks:
Note: For steps to reach the Add Profile page, see Adding Data from Flat Files.
  1. Specify the sample size of each table using the Sample size per table field. For example, if you specify 10000, the analysis will take into consideration 10000 rows of data in every analysis sample and generate report for it.
    Note: You can fetch random records while profiling your models or connections. To enable this feature, select the Fetch Random Records checkbox present below the Sample size per table field.
  2. From the list of Profiling rules, select the rules that are needed for the type of analysis you want to perform on your data set. For the list of profiling rules and their description, see Profiling Rules.
    Note: You can filter rules using the type-ahead filter text box.
  3. In the Notification section, select the option When the data quality analysis is completed send an email to if you want to email the analysis report to users. Specify the email addresses of the users. To add multiple email addresses, click the Add button .
    Note: To be able to send out automated mails, you need to configure a mail server using the Management Console. For details on this task, see the Administration Guide.
  4. For any kind of correction or update, you can go to the previous stage by clicking on the top right corner of the page.
  5. Click on the top right corner of the page to move to the next stage of profile creation.