Showing how powerdesigner can be extended to increase data profiling capabilities.

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Database profiling

2. Goal:
- Demonstrate feasability of database profiling using data modeling tools
- Give added value for business and technical analysts
- Increase Data Governance
Audience:
• Managers
• Analysts
• Developpers
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3. Tool used in this example:
- Sybase PowerDesigner 15.3
- Sybase SQL Anywhere 12; Demo DB
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4. • Step 1:
• reverse the database
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5. • Step 2:
- Add extentension « Data Profiling »
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6. • Step 3:
- Add data source definition
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7. • Step 4a:
- Locate tables to be profiled and associate Data
Source
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8. • Step 4b:
- Locate views to be profiled and associate Data Source
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9. • Step 4c:
- Define business rules to be verifyed (1 rule is applicable
to model, one view or one table)  control of vertical
and horizontal constraints:
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10. • Step 5:
- For each column of tables/views to be
profiled, modify profiling option [optional]
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11. • Step 6:
- Run Global/Table/View data profiling by right-cklicking
in the model, choose « Data Solutions de Spirlet »
then « Data Profiling » then appropriate data profiling
action.
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12. Usage
• Step 7:
- Check results for analysis
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13. Usage
• Step 8:
- Display results in multi-model reports
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14. Usage
• Step 9:
- Use results in impact and linage
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15. Advantages
• Virtually connect any database vendor
• Data profiling and business rule verification is often done manually
• A lot of time is saved by automation
• Results can be reused by other automated solutions
• Integrated inside PowerDesigner Repository
Can be used on:
• Application databases
• data warehouses (sources, datawarehouses, data marts)
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16. Q&A
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