To extract metadata and to configure other capabilities that a catalog source might include, you need account access and permissions on the source system. The permissions required might vary depending on the capability.
Permissions to extract metadata
Ensure that you have the required permissions to enable metadata extraction and to access the Windows or the Linux file system.
•Create a user account for the Informatica user to access the Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 source system.
•Grant read permission to the user account.
Permissions to run data profiles
Ensure that you have the required permissions to run profiles.
Grant the following permissions:
•Read permission. Required to read the data and metadata.
•Write permission. Required to write the profiling results to the staging location.
•Delete permission. Required to delete the profiling results from the staging location.
•Execute permission. Required to perform the test connection of query executions.
Permissions to perform data classification
You can perform data classification with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.
Permissions to perform relationship discovery
You can perform relationship discovery with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.
Permissions to perform glossary association
You can perform glossary association with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.