Creating Jobs
Jobs are data profiling scenarios. A job defines which metrics analyze your data, the data source itself and metadata (see Metadata). Jobs are stored inside projects (see Working With Projects).
To create a job, go to the main menu and navigate through
. In the next screen, type in a new job name. It has to be unique within one project. Next, choose a project to save the job into.
If you check Link to file in the file system and choose a destination, you can save the job to an arbitrary file outside the workspace. The file you are linking to will be overwritten. |
Select the location of the *.cpj
file.
We suggest to use the profile
directory.
Data Source
On the Data Source screen (the figure below), select one of three available data formats to be analyzed:
According to the selected Source Type, continue with one of the following links.
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File - File Profiling
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Database table - Database Table Profiling
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Excel sheet (XLS/XLSX file) - Excel Sheet Profiling