Creating Custom Resources

1. Click New > Resource.
The New Resource wizard appears.
2. Enter a name and an optional description for the resource.
3. Click File > Choose to open the Select Resource Type dialog box.
4. Select the custom resource from the Custom Resources section and click Select.
More fields appear in the wizard based on the resource type you created.
5. Configure the following options under the Connection Properties section:
1. a. ETL Resource. If you are configuring an ETL resource to view the transformation lineage, Select Yes.
Make sure that you include the lineage.csv file with the lineage details for the custom data source in the ZIP file. See Entering Transformation Details for Custom ETL Resources for more information.
2. b. Auto Assign Connections. This option appears if you had selected Yes for the ETL Resource option. If you want to automatically assign connections to the resource, select this option.
3. c. Run Script. If you have automated the process to collect metadata from the data sources and generate the ZIP file using a script or a sequence of commands, choose Yes.
Provide the following details if you selected Yes for the Run Script option:
• ▪ Script Directory. The absolute path to the directory from where you want to run the commands.
• ▪ Script or Commands. Specify the fully qualified path to the script that you want to run with all the arguments. Alternatively, you can specify a sequence of commands separated by semicolons (;) to generate the ZIP file.
• ▪ Output File. The fully qualified path and the name of the ZIP file that you want the script to generate.
4. d. Files present in remote path. If you want to select the ZIP file that includes the custom metadata from a remote file location, choose Yes. Specify the absolute path to the file in the Remote File Path text box.
5. e. File. This option is not applicable if you selected Yes for the Files present in remote path option. Click Choose to select the ZIP file that you created for the custom data source. Alternatively, you can place the file in the File box using a drag-and-drop procedure.
Verify the following prerequisites for the ZIP file:
• - The file is located on a cluster node.
Note: The path to the file must be the same on all cluster nodes.
• - The required access permissions are configured for the file.
• - The file can be accessed by the custom resource.
6. Click Next to move to the Metadata Load Settings page.
7. Select Enable Source Metadata to extract metadata from the ZIP file.
8. Select one of the values for Memory to specify the memory required to run the scanner job:
• - Low
• - Medium
• - High
Select the required memory based on the size of the data set that you want to import. See the Tuning Enterprise Data Catalog Performance How-to-Library article for more information about memory values.
9. Click Next to move to the Custom Attributes page, and configure the attribute settings. You can select the custom attributes that you want to associate with the resource.
10. Click Next to go to the Schedulepage.
11. Optionally, select schedules for source metadata load and profiling metadata. You can create a global schedule if required.
12. Click Save, or Click Save and Run.