Creating Profile Summaries

Use the Profile Summaries pane to specify parameters that determine the data that the Integration Appliance profiles.

To create a profile summary complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. In the Activities tab, open the Data Quality directory to find the Filter and Profile activity.
  2. Add the activity to an orchestration. The Checklist and Summary for the activity are displayed below the orchestration.
  3. From the Checklist, select Profile Summary. The Profiles Summaries pane is displayed.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Specify values for the following parameters:
    Profile Summary Parameter Description
    XPath The XPath expression, relative to the recurring element you selected, that specifies the data to profile
    Name The name of the profile. The default is the XPath expression you selected.
    Datatype Specifies the data type as either text or number. The default data type is text.
    Histogram? Specifies whether or not to generate a histogram. The default is false and a histogram is not generated. To generate a histogram, select the Histogram? field and select Generate Histogram. The value true is displayed in the field.
    Max. Bins Specifies the maximum number of bins for the histogram.
    Important: Only specify a value for this parameter if the datatype is specified as number. The default value is 0, indicating that no maximum exists.
    Max. Values Specifies the maximum number of values to use for the histogram. The default value is 0, indicating that no maximum exists.
    Min. Freq. Specifies the minimum frequency for values to be included in the histogram. This is a number between 0-1, indicating the ratio of the number of occurrences of a given value to all values. The default is 0.0
    Chart Generates a PDF of the chart type you specify:
    • bar
    • pie
    • none
    By default, the Integration Appliance does not generate a chart.