When you create a data profiling task, you need a connection to the source object. You can create a connection in Administrator service.
For most connection types, when you configure a connection, you specify the runtime environment for the connection. The runtime environment must contain an agent that is running when you configure the connection. For other connection types, you specify the runtime environment when you configure the task.
This section includes general information about setting up a connection. For more information about connections and for specific information about configuring Flat File and FTP connections, see Connections. For specific information about other connection types, see the Data Integration Connector topics in the Connectors section of the Data Integration help.