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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to Informatica Big Data Management
  3. Mappings in the Hadoop Environment
  4. Mapping Sources in the Hadoop Environment
  5. Mapping Targets in the Hadoop Environment
  6. Mapping Transformations in the Hadoop Environment
  7. Processing Hierarchical Data on the Spark Engine
  8. Configuring Transformations to Process Hierarchical Data
  9. Processing Unstructured and Semi-structured Data with an Intelligent Structure Model
  10. Stateful Computing on the Spark Engine
  11. Monitoring Mappings in the Hadoop Environment
  12. Mappings in the Native Environment
  13. Profiles
  14. Native Environment Optimization
  15. Cluster Workflows
  16. Connections
  17. Data Type Reference
  18. Function Reference
  19. Parameter Reference

Big Data Management User Guide

Big Data Management User Guide

Perform Data Discovery

Perform Data Discovery

Data discovery is the process of discovering the metadata of source systems that include content, structure, patterns, and data domains. Content refers to data values, frequencies, and data types. Structure includes candidate keys, primary keys, foreign keys, and functional dependencies. The data discovery process offers advanced profiling capabilities.
In the native environment, you can define a profile to analyze data in a single data object or across multiple data objects. In the Hadoop environment, you can push column profiles and the data domain discovery process to the Hadoop cluster.
Run a profile to evaluate the data structure and to verify that data columns contain the types of information you expect. You can drill down on data rows in profiled data. If the profile results reveal problems in the data, you can apply rules to fix the result set. You can create scorecards to track and measure data quality before and after you apply the rules. If the external source metadata of a profile or scorecard changes, you can synchronize the changes with its data object. You can add comments to profiles so that you can track the profiling process effectively.
For more information, see the
Informatica Data Discovery Guide
.

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