Discovery Search Process in Informatica Analyst
You can search for assets based on criteria, such as text, patterns, and datatypes in the profile results. The search returns a list of assets related to the search string.
Complete the following steps to perform discovery search in the Analyst tool:
- 1. Perform enterprise discovery and run the required single data object profiles on data sources in the enterprise. When you perform discovery search, the Analyst tool searches for information in the profile results and Model repository objects.
- 2. Choose what type of information you want to find. For example, you might want to find all the assets associated with a data domain definition for sensitive data or specific pattern of data.
- 3. Perform the search.
- 4. Analyze the search results to identify the assets and their relationships to other assets.
- 5. If required, verify that the discovered data is compliant with the business requirements.