Overview use case

The following figure is a high-level overview of the integration scenario for importing data in Collibra DGC.

Step Description
0

Starting the integration flow.

This can be done in three different ways, by:

  • A user who starts a workflow in Collibra DGC that calls the integration flow in Collibra Connect.
  • A workflow in Collibra DGC that calls the integration flow in a recurring interval.
  • Calling the integration flow directly.
1 The integration flow has started.
2

The integration flow retrieves data from an external system.

This can be done by using:

  • A custom connector to the external system. For example: IBM BG Connector.
  • A Relational Database connector to connect to a relation database.
  • An other file-based connector, such as FTP to read a file from a remote location.
3

The integration flow transforms the data from the external system to a format that the Collibra DGC Connector can understand.

To do this:

  1. Define the CSV data model of the data to be imported in Collibra DGC.
  2. Use the Mulesoft Mapper to convert the data from the external system into the data model required by Collibra DGC.
4 Import the data into Collibra DGC by using the CSV Import function from the Collibra DGC Connector.