Step 2. Create the Catalog
Use the Catalog Administrator to create the catalog of information assets in the enterprise.
Complete the following steps to create the catalog:
- 1. Use the Catalog Administrator to create the following resources:
- - Hive resources for the data lake
Create a Hive resource to represent the data lake. Analysts can use the Intelligent Data Lake application to search for, discover, and prepare data stored in the Hive tables. Include "data lake" in the resource name as an indicator to analysts that this resource represents the data lake. Choose to extract both source metadata and profiling metadata from the data lake.
- - Resources for other enterprise systems that are outside the data lake
Create additional resources to represent other enterprise systems. You can create resources for data integration repositories, ETL and modeling tools and repositories, business glossaries, application databases, and other file storage and databases. Analysts can use the Intelligent Data Lake application to search for and discover data that resides outside the data lake. Analysts cannot prepare data stored outside the lake. Choose to extract both source metadata and profiling metadata from the enterprise systems.
- - Domain User resource
Create a Domain User resource to represent users who have Informatica user accounts and log in to the Intelligent Data Lake application. When analysts discover a data asset, the Intelligent Data Lake application lists other users who have used and prepared that data asset.
- 2. Run a scan on the resources to load metadata into the catalog.
- 3. Create schedules for the resources so that Enterprise Information Catalog regularly scans the resources. As a best practice, schedule the resource scans to run during non-business hours.
For more information about creating a catalog in Enterprise Information Catalog, see the Informatica Catalog Administrator Guide.
Tools to complete this step:
- •Informatica Catalog Administrator