# Data Profile

### What is a Data Profile?

A data profile provides a comprehensive overview of a dataset. A data profile can be defined as a structured summary of the content and quality of a dataset.

It involves analyzing various aspects of the data, such as its *structure*, *completeness*, *uniqueness*, *consistency*, and *integrity.* It also identifies *nulls*, *duplicates*, *blanks,* anomalies, data ranges, etc.

This document will look at how to generate data profiles in Astera Data Governance.

Previously, we searched for a specific [data asset](https://documentation.astera.com/astera-data-stack-v10/data-governance/data-discoverability). Now, we will be generating its profile.

1. Click on the Data Asset in the Resource Catalog.

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You will be directed to the asset overview page.

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2. Navigate to the Data Profile page from the tab above.

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If this is your first time generating the data profile, you will see an empty grid.

3. Click the Run icon to run the data profile for the asset.

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The data profile will start running. This will take a few seconds, depending on the number of records.&#x20;

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You can view the job status at the bottom of the page.

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4. Once complete, the empty grid will be populated with information regarding the source data and the date timestamp of when the profile was completed.

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You can also click the Export to Excel option in the top-right corner to export the data profile to an Excel file.

This concludes the data profile generation of a data asset. In the next[ article](https://documentation.astera.com/astera-data-stack-v10/data-governance/data-quality), we will look into how data quality rules can be added to this asset.