Azure SQL Manager Instance Connector

An out-of-the-box connector is available for Azure SQL Manager Instance Instance. The Azure SQL Manager Instance Connector is used to pull the metadata existing in the Azure SQL Manager Instance database and helps the users to crawl the metadata and profile the sample data and build lineage to view the movement of the crawled data displaying the relationship between the objects and its profile statistics.

Crawling:  Crawling is a process of collecting information about data from various data sources like on-premise and cloud databases, Hadoop, visualization software, and file systems. When an OvalEdge crawler connects to a data source, it collects and catalogs all the data elements (i.e., metadata) and stores it in the OvalEdge data repository. OvalEdge crawlers can be scheduled to scan the databases regularly

Data Sources: OvalEdge crawler integrates with various data sources to help the users to extract metadata and build a data catalog. In this document, you can see how to make a connection to your Azure SQL Manager Instance and crawl the Views, Stored Procedures, and Functions.

Connect to the Data: Before you can crawl and build a data catalog, you must first connect to your data. OvalEdge requires users to configure a separate connection for each data source type. The users must enter the source credentials for each type of connectivity. Once a data connection is made, a simple click of the Crawl button starts the crawling process.       

Prerequisites

The following are prerequisites for connecting to the Azure SQL Manager Instance.

The APIs/ drivers used by the connector are given below:

User Permission

An admin/service account for crawling and building lineage. The minimum privileges required are:

Technical Specifications

The following are the connector capabilities mentioned below:

Crawling

Profiling

See this article Profile Data to know more about Profiling.

Lineage Building

Querying

By default, the service account provided for the connector will be used for any query operations. If the service account has write privileges, then Insert / Update / Delete queries can be executed.

Connection Details

To connect to the Azure SQL Manager Instance using the OvalEdge application, complete the following steps.

1. log in to the OvalEdge application
2. Navigate to Administration > Crawler module.
3. click on the + icon, and the Manage Connection with Search Connector pop-up window is displayed. 
4. Select the connection type as Azure SQL Manager Instance. The Manage Connection with Azure SQL Manager Instance specific details pop-up window is displayed.
   

   Field Name	Mandatory/Optional	Description
   Connection Type		Azure SQL Manager Instance
   Authentication	Mandatory	Sql Server Authentication
   License Type	Mandatory	You can choose the License Type.
   Connection Name	Mandatory	Enter the name of the connection, the connection name specified in the Connection Name textbox will be a reference to the Azure SQL Manager Instance database connection in the OvalEdge application.
   Server	Mandatory	Database instance URL (on-premises/cloud-based) Example: 34.54.23.43
   Port	Mandatory	1433
   Database	Mandatory	Name of the database to connect.
   Driver		JDBC driver name for Azure SQL Manager Instance server. It will be auto-populated.
   Username	Mandatory	User account login credential
   Password	Mandatory	Password
   Connection String		Azure SQL Manager Instance connection string. Set the Connection string toggle button to automatic to get the details automatically from the credentials provided. Alternatively, you can manually enter the string.
   Plugin Server		Provide the server name if you are running this as a plugin.
   Plugin Port		Provide the port number on which the plugin is running.
   Governance Roles	Mandatory	From the dropdown list, select Stewards, Custodian and Owner.
   No. of Archived Objects		-
   Select Bridge		Select option NO Bridge if no bridge is available for the connector

Connection Settings

Crawler

 Profiler