Astera Data Stack
Version 6
Version 6
  • Welcome to Astera Data Stack Documentation
  • Release Notes
    • Upgrading from Astera 5.1 to 6.0
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction to Astera 6 Webinar Video
  • Dataflows
    • Introducing Dataflows
    • Dataflow Examples
    • Parameterizing Dataflows
    • Sources
      • Setting Up Sources
      • ADO.Net Metadata Collections Source
      • COBOL File Source
      • Data Model Source
      • Database Table Source
      • Delimited File Source
      • Excel File Source
      • File System Entries Source
      • Fixed Length File Source
      • SQL Query Source
      • XML/JSON File Source
    • Transformations
      • Introducing Transformations
      • Aggregate Transformation
      • Apply To All Transformation
      • Constant Value Transformation
      • Data Quality Rules Transformation
      • Denormalize Transformation
      • Distinct Transformation
      • Expression Transformation
      • Filter Transformation
      • Join Transformation
      • Merge Transformation
      • Normalize Transformation
      • Passthru Transformation
      • REST Client
      • Route Transformation
      • Sequence Generator
      • Sort Transformation
      • Subflow Transformation
      • Tree Join Transformation
      • Union Transformation
      • Web Service Transformation
    • Destinations
      • Setting Up Destinations
      • Database Table Destination
      • Delimited File Destination
      • Excel File Destination
      • Fixed Length File Destination
      • SQL Statement Destination
      • XML File Destination
    • Maps
      • Linking and Mapping Objects
      • Creating Constant Value Maps
      • Creating Database Lookup Maps
      • Creating Direct Maps
      • Creating Expression Maps
      • Creating Function Maps
      • Creating List Lookup Maps
      • Creating SQL Statement Lookup Maps
    • Data Logging and Profiling
      • Creating Data Profiles
      • Creating Field Profiles
      • Using Data Quality Mode
      • Using Data Quality Rules
      • Using Record Level Log
    • Database Write Strategies
      • Database Write Strategies
  • Workflows
    • Adding Workflow Tasks
    • Creating Workflows
    • Customizing Workflows With Parameters
    • Using Workflow Designer
  • Subflows
    • Using Subflows in Astera
  • Report Model
    • Report Model Tutorial
    • Applying an Existing Model to a New Report
    • Using Report Models to Extract Business Information from Printed Documents
  • Functions
    • Introducing Function Transformations
    • Functions Glossary
    • Custom Functions
    • Logical
      • Coalesce (Any value1, Any value2)
      • IsNotNull (AnyValue)
      • IsRealNumber (AnyValue)
      • IsValidSqlDate (Date)
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      • If (Boolean)
      • If (DateTime)
      • If (Double)
      • Exists
      • If (Int64)
      • If (String)
      • IsDate (str, strformat)
      • IsInteger (AnyValue)
      • IsNullOrWhitespace (StringValue)
      • IsNullorEmpty (StringValue)
      • IsNull (AnyValue)
      • IsNumeric (AnyValue)
    • Conversion
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      • ToDate (String dateStr)
      • TryParseDate (String, UnknownDate)
      • ToString (Any value)
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      • ToString (Any data, String format)
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      • Max (Date)
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      • Max (Real)
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      • Min (Real)
      • Pow (BaseExponent)
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      • RandomReal (Int)
      • Round (Real)
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      • RSplit (String)
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      • ToLower(String str)
      • ToProper(String str)
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      • Substring (String str, Integer startAt)
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      • RemoveAt (String str, Integer startAt, Integer noofChars)
      • Proper (String str)
      • Repeat (String str, Integer count)
      • ReplaceAll (String str, String lookFor, String replaceWith)
      • ReplaceFirst (String str, String lookFor, String replaceWith)
      • RightOf (String str, String lookFor)
      • RemoveChars (String str, String charsToRemove)
      • SplitString (String str, String separator1, String separator2)
    • Date Time
      • AddMinutes (DateTime)
      • AddDays (DateTimeOffset)
      • AddDays (DateTime)
      • AddHours (DateTime)
      • AddSeconds (DateTime)
      • AddMonths (DateTime)
      • AddMonths (DateTimeOffset)
      • AddMinutes (DateTimeOffset)
      • AddSeconds (DateTimeOffset)
      • AddYears (DateTimeOffset)
      • AddYears (DateTime)
      • Age (DateTime)
      • Age (DateTimeOffset)
      • CharToSeconds (Str)
      • DateDifferenceDays (DateTimeOffset)
      • DateDifferenceDays (DateTime)
      • DateDifferenceHours (DateTimeOffset)
      • DateDifferenceHours (DateTime)
      • DateDifferenceMonths (DateTimeOffset)
      • DateDifferenceMonths (DateTime)
      • DatePart (DateTimeOffset)
      • DatePart (DateTime)
      • DateDifferenceYears (DateTimeOffset)
      • DateDifferenceYears (DateTime)
      • Month (DateTime)
      • Month (DateTimeOffset)
      • Now
      • Quarter (DateTime)
      • Quarter (DateTimeOffset)
      • Second (DateTime)
      • Second (DateTimeOffset)
      • SecondsToChar (String)
      • TimeToInteger (DateTime)
      • TimeToInteger (DateTimeOffset)
      • ToDate Date (DateTime)
      • ToDate DateTime (DateTime)
      • ToDateString (DateTime)
      • ToDateTimeOffset-Date (DateTimeOffset)
      • ToDate DateTime (DateTimeOffset)
      • ToDateString (DateTimeOffset)
      • Today
      • ToLocal (DateTime)
      • ToJulianDate (DateTime)
      • ToJulianDayNumber (DateTime)
      • ToTicks (Date dateTime)
      • ToTicks (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • ToUnixEpoc (Date dateTime)
      • ToUtc (Date dateTime)
      • UnixTimeStampToDateTime (Real unixTimeStamp)
      • UtcNow ()
      • Week (Date dateTime)
      • Week (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • Year (Date dateTime)
      • Year (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • DateToJulian (Date dateTime, Integer length)
      • DateTimeOffsetUtcNow ()
      • DateTimeOffsetNow ()
      • Day (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • Day (Date dateTime)
      • DayOfWeekStr (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • DayOfWeek (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • DayOfWeek (Date dateTime)
      • DateToJulian (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime, Integer length)
      • DayOfWeekStr (Date dateTime)
      • FromJulianDate (Real julianDate)
      • DayOfYear (Date dateTime)
      • DaysInMonth(Integer year, Integer month)
      • DayOfYear (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • FromUnixEpoc
      • FromJulianDayNumber (Integer julianDayNumber)
      • FromTicksUtc(Integer ticks)
      • FromTicksLocal(Integer ticks)
      • Hour (Date dateTime)
      • Hour (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • Minute (Date dateTime)
      • JulianToDate (String julianDate)
      • Minute (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • DateToIntegerYYYYMMDD (DateTimeWithOffset dateTime)
      • DateToIntegerYYYYMMDD (Date dateTime)
    • Files
      • AppendTextToFile (String filePath, String text)
      • CopyFile (String sourceFilePath, String destFilePath, Boolean overWrite)
      • CreateDateTime (String filePath)
      • DeleteFile (String filePath)
      • DirectoryExists (String filePath)
      • FileExists (String filePath)
      • FileLength (String filePath)
      • FileLineCount (String filePath)
      • GetDirectory (String filePath)
      • GetEDIFileMetaData (String filePath)
      • GetExcelWorksheets (String excelFilePath)
      • GetFileExtension (String filePath)
      • GetFileInfo (String filePath)
      • GetFileName (String filePath)
      • GetFileNameWithoutExtension (String filePath)
      • LastUpdateDateTime (String filePath)
      • MoveFile (String filePath, String newDirectory)
      • ReadFileBytes (String filePath)
      • ReadFileFirstLine (String filePath)
      • ReadFileText (String filePath)
      • ReadFileText (String filePath, String codePage)
      • WriteBytesToFile (String filePath, ByteArray bytes)
      • WriteTextToFile (String filePath, String text)
    • Date Time With Offset
      • ToDateTimeOffsetFromDateTime (dateTime String)
      • ToUtc (DateTimeWithOffset)
      • ToDateTimeOffsetFromDateTime
      • ToDateTimeOffset (String dateTimeOffsetStr)
      • ToDateTimeFromDateTimeOffset
    • GUID
      • NewGuid
    • Encoding
      • ToBytes
      • FromBytes
      • UrlEncode
      • UrlDecode
    • Regular Expressions
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      • ReplaceRegEx (Integer StartAt)
    • TimeSpan
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      • Hours
      • Days
      • Milliseconds
    • Matching
      • Soundex
      • DoubleMetaphone
      • RefinedSoundex
  • Integration Server
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      • Scheduling and Running Jobs on a Server
  • Miscellaneous
    • Astera API User Guide
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    • Astera Options
    • Astera Webinar Series
    • MySQL date/time conversion error
    • Report Model Monthly Online Training
    • Server Command Line Utility
    • Shared Actions
    • Shared Connections
    • Working with Data Formats
    • Using the Data Source Browser
    • Using the Query Editor
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Creating Data Profiles

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Last updated 9 months ago

A Data Profile object gathers field statistics for an object to which the data profile is linked. The statistics are collected for each of the selected fields at the time the dataflow runs.

They are stored in a proprietary XML file with the .prof extension. This file can be opened for viewing in a new tab when you double click on its link. An example of a field statistics screen is shown below:

To add a data profile, drag the Data Profile object from the Logs and Profiles group in the Flow toolbox and drop it on the dataflow.

An example of what a Data Profile object might look like is shown below:

To configure the properties of a Data Profile object, right-click on it and select Properties. The following properties are available:

  • Profile File: specifies the path to the profiler file storing field statistics.

  • Field Statistics dropdown allows you to select the detail level of statistics to collect. Select among the following detail levels:

    • Basic Statistics: This is the default mode. It captures the most common statistical measures for the field’s data type.

    • No Statistics: No statistics is captured by the Data Profile.

    • Detailed Statistics – Case Sensitive Comparison: Additional statistical measures are captured by the Data Profile, for example Mean, Mode, Median etc., using case sensitive comparison for strings.

    • Detailed Statistics – Case Insensitive Comparison: Additional statistics are captured by the Data Profile, using case insensitive comparison for strings.

Note: A Data Profile object is designed to capture statistics for an entire field layout. For this reason, it should be linked to the main Output port of the object whose field statistics you wish to collect.

  • General Options screen: The Comments input allows you to enter comments associated with this object.

Usage

An example of a dataflow with a Data Profile is shown below: