Profiling
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      Introduction to OvalEdge Profiling

      Profiling is the process of gathering statistics and informative summaries about the connected data sources that help in:

      1. Assessing the quality of the data source before using it in an analysis.
      2. Identifying relationships between the tables at the entity level and patterns between them.

      Profiling is an activity that calculates statistics and provides a mechanism to help users understand data quickly. In OvalEdge, profiling collects the following statistics:

      • Table Row Count
      • Column’s Null Count
      • Distinct Count
      • Minimum Value, Maximum Value, and Top 50 Values

      All other statistics are inferred from the above data points. Profiling can only be performed on databases and files.

      You cannot perform profiling on reports.