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Run Profiling

Run profiling to discover the structure and characteristics of tables in a table group. Profiling results populate the Data Catalog, surface hygiene issues, and serve as the foundation for test generation.

Prerequisites

A table group is required to run profiling. Use an existing table group or create a new one from the Table Groups page.

How to

  1. Select Table Groups from the menu.
  2. On the table group that you would like to profile, click Run Profiling.
  3. In the dialog, preview the dataset size, and click Run Profiling.

Tip

You can schedule profiling runs to execute automatically on a recurring basis. See Scheduling for details. To receive alerts when profiling completes, see Notifications.

Pause, resume, or cancel a profiling run

Pause a long profiling run to stop its queries against your data, for example during business hours, and resume it later from where it stopped.

  1. Select Profiling Runs from the menu.
  2. On a run with the Running status, click (pause icon). The run shows Pausing until the work in progress finishes, then Paused.
  3. To continue the run, click (resume icon) on the paused run.

To stop a run without continuing it, click (cancel icon). You can cancel a run at any point before it completes.

Note

If tables or columns in the table group changed while the run was paused, the resumed run profiles the table group from the beginning.

Next steps

Once profiling completes, you can: