Azure Data Catalog
An Azure service that serves as a system of registration and system of discovery for enterprise data assets.
97 questions
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Register multiple CSV and Excel Files
Hi, thanks in advance for your help. We're having a large number of CSV and Excel Files containing (Meta)Data. The metadata information of these files should go into Data Catalog as well. I have found the option to create ODBC Connections to each of…
asked 2020-10-05T12:15:05.057+00:00
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Marc Bastien
1
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commented 2020-10-08T20:15:32.58+00:00
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HimanshuSinha-msft
19,381
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
New OCBC connection in Azure Data Catalog
I have a working ODBC connection to Oracle DB in my laptop and trying to configure the same into Azure Data Catalog. ODBC connection is defined as System DSN in ODBC configuration. I have not found any good documentation what to fill in the necessary…
asked 2020-09-24T06:51:29.147+00:00
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Anonymous
commented 2020-10-08T10:48:52.147+00:00
PRADEEPCHEEKATLA-MSFT
77,751
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
How to extract columns metadata from Azure Data Catalog api and register asset
I am trying to register a SQL data table in Azure data catalog through REST API. It is getting registered but I have to manually include any details like Columns/Schema or Preview. I used one property “fromSourceSystem" : true in json body to make…
asked 2020-09-23T22:04:24.3+00:00
Anonymous
commented 2020-09-29T09:06:08.377+00:00
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HarithaMaddi-MSFT
10,131
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Azure Data Catalog registration tool returns ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified on windows 10
I've used the Azure Data Catalog registration tool (the tool provided by Microsoft on the Azure Data Catalog site) to register 3000+ assets. Today, when I opened the registration tool on my Windows desktop I was prompted to upgrade to the new version.…
asked 2020-09-18T20:26:00.87+00:00
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Zachary Burgess
101
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accepted 2020-09-25T16:55:19.627+00:00
Zachary Burgess
101
Reputation points
0 answers
How can I delete a custom data source protocol created via the API?
Hi, I created a custom data source protocol using a POST to https://api.azuredatacatalog.com/catalogs/{0}/dataSourceProtocols?api-version=2016-03-30 I now need to delete it, but I am getting the following error: The remote server returned an error:…
asked 2020-08-31T03:35:49.173+00:00
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Doug Fisher
1
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commented 2020-09-14T06:33:13.597+00:00
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KranthiPakala-MSFT
46,422
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Cannot connect Azure Data Catalog to Azure Database for PostgreSQL server
Hello, Can Azure Data Catalog (ADC) connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Server? I am using the local application for ADC. I am able to connect to other datasources like Azure Blob and SQL Database, to upload their metadata to ADC. …
asked 2020-08-19T04:03:54.607+00:00
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Horniak, Peter
21
Reputation points
commented 2020-09-08T05:55:33.16+00:00
Horniak, Peter
21
Reputation points
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Azuredatacatalog rest api json payloads
Hello Team, I have created datacatalog and trying to use the rest api to update the data assets. But unfortunately while I could not able to succeed with update of table descriptions, friendlyname,tags, since i dont know what the expected format of json…
asked 2020-08-06T13:27:51.9+00:00
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krishna
6
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commented 2020-08-25T19:38:21.777+00:00
HimanshuSinha-msft
19,381
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Can I copy a populated object from a database on one server on the Azure Data Catalog to a database on another server?
One of our server names has recently changed so when we published new objects it was under the old server's name duplicating the db that we had added in the original server. All the objects since then have been cataloged in that duplicate db. Is it…
asked 2020-08-05T19:53:21.57+00:00
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A'997
1
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commented 2020-08-12T21:40:35.577+00:00
KranthiPakala-MSFT
46,422
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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Data Catalog and Snowflake DB
I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to discover a Snowflake DB data source using the ODBC driver with Data Catalog. I have the drivers located on my machine, am able to connect and I can see successful queries on the Snowflake instance. The problem is the…
asked 2020-07-20T16:08:27.087+00:00
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Ted Stillwell (Trianz)
21
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accepted 2020-07-21T15:21:12.34+00:00
Ted Stillwell (Trianz)
21
Reputation points
0 answers
Cannot have duplication connection info location in ADC
When I create an asset with same location of a previous location the previous asset is overwritten by the new asset. I cannot seem to have multiple assets with the same location
asked 2020-06-19T23:09:47.607+00:00
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Meyers, David
1
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commented 2020-07-13T16:26:25.603+00:00
Meyers, David
1
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1 answer
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Azure Data catalog creation Issue
Hello Team, I have a personal tenant in which I am the AD admin. When I try creating a data catalog in the subscription, I get the below error: So can anybody explain me what I need to do to create a data catalog in this private tenant
asked 2020-07-01T04:41:43.187+00:00
Nandan Hegde
29,896
Reputation points MVP
accepted 2020-07-03T03:17:49.903+00:00
Nandan Hegde
29,896
Reputation points MVP
1 answer
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HTTP POST to Azure Data Catalog under Company network is returning null response
I have written a python script to populate assets on Azure Data Catalog and it is working fine on my private pc and my private Azure account. When I run the same script on company PC, my http post requests return "None" value. (See Attachment).…
asked 2020-06-18T10:16:40.247+00:00
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Berkan Ercan
21
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commented 2020-06-23T07:29:56.503+00:00
Berkan Ercan
21
Reputation points
1 answer
Data Lake Dashboard Metrics and Visualization (Azure Data Catalog for Data Lake Scope)
I don't have the need to create a common data taxonomy, lexicon, et cetera, across my tenant(s). I simply wish to be able to get visibility into individual Azure Data Lakes, at a glance, or on demand. So... Given that you have an Azure Data Lake with…
asked 2020-06-01T20:26:37.893+00:00
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Henry Allen Larrymore
1
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commented 2020-06-09T18:45:53.367+00:00
KranthiPakala-MSFT
46,422
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
Connectivity between Azure data factory and Azure data catalog
Hi Team, We have a use case to use the azure data catalog Metadata information in Azure data factory. We have gone through the documentation however could not find any information on this. Could you help me if the feature is already available in…
asked 2020-06-09T07:29:32.307+00:00
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Jyothi Ragi
1
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answered 2020-06-09T07:39:22.73+00:00
PRADEEPCHEEKATLA-MSFT
77,751
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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How to register metadata of power bi in Azure Data catalog
Hi, My company is thinking about to subscribe the Azure Data catalog to manage the metadata of our different database and power bi reports. I lunched the registration tool and want to connect to the power bi server, but I dont see power bi…
asked 2020-06-01T21:16:07.383+00:00
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Rick jiang
21
Reputation points
accepted 2020-06-03T14:29:51.583+00:00
Rick jiang
21
Reputation points
1 answer
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Azure Data Catalog - How to change resource location ?
Dear all, Could you please tell me how can i change the catalog resource location from East Us to West Eu ? Your help is much appreciated, Best regards, BC [Note: As we migrate from MSDN, this question has been posted by an Azure Cloud Engineer…
asked 2020-05-08T09:03:42.423+00:00
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Ramya Harinarthini_MSFT
5,306
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2020-05-08T12:19:23.577+00:00
Ramya Harinarthini_MSFT
5,306
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
ADC Not registering data sources using the Application
ADC Not registering data sources using the Application. Hi I am trying to help a customer with Azure Data Catalog and have encountered a problem while trying to register the first object which is a table from Azure SQL database. I get a successful…
asked 2020-05-08T09:16:04.503+00:00
Ramya Harinarthini_MSFT
5,306
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2020-05-08T09:31:00.703+00:00
Ramya Harinarthini_MSFT
5,306
Reputation points Microsoft Employee