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  1. Introduction to Data Discovery
  2. Data Discovery with Informatica Analyst
  3. Data Discovery with Informatica Developer
  4. Function Support Based on Profiling Warehouse Connection

Data Discovery Guide

Data Discovery Guide

Creating a Join Profile

Creating a Join Profile

You can analyze potential joins between data objects in an enterprise discovery profile. The join profile stores the analysis in the Model repository.
  1. Create or open an enterprise discovery profile.
  2. Verify that the enterprise discovery profile contains the data objects that you need.
    To add a data object to the join profile, drag it from the
    Object Explorer
    view to the modeling editor.
  3. Select the data objects to profile.
  4. Right-click the objects and select
    Join Profile
    .
    The profile wizard opens.
  5. Enter a name for the profile. Optionally, enter a text description of the profile.
  6. Verify that the names of the data objects appear under
    Data Objects
    in the wizard.
  7. Select or clear the option to
    Run profile on finish
    .
  8. Click
    Next
    .
  9. Select the data columns to include in the profile, and click
    Next.
    If required, scroll down the data objects to view all available columns. The profile runs on all columns by default.
  10. Click
    Add
    .
    The
    Join Condition
    dialog box appears.
  11. Click
    New
    to activate the column selection fields.
  12. Select the data objects and columns to validate.
    You define a join condition between two columns. You can define multiple join conditions across one or more data objects.
  13. Click
    OK
    to create the join condition.
    Optionally, click
    Add
    to define additional conditions.
  14. Verify that the Left and Right join columns are prefixed with the correct data object names.
  15. Click
    Finish
    .

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