Pervasive Data Profiler 4.0 - Readme
General Release - June 2007
Contents
Welcome to Data Profiler release 4.0. This document contains the most up-to-date information on the software and may supersede certain information in the product documentation. It contains the following sections:
What’s New in Data Profiler 4.0?
The following features are enhancements to previous versions of Data Profiler:
- New Eclipse user interface
- New Auto Generation
- Auto generation of field names and business rules for the creation of metrics
- Customize multiple auto generated .rules files
- Drill Down Profiling
- Click data in a pie chart or graph, view it in a data browser
- Detailed view of pass and fail files for downstream processing
- New Profiling Metrics
- Equal Range Binning
- Is Value in Data Set
- Median
- Mode
- Project management enhancements, including reusable design artifacts
- Enhanced scripting support
- Better Error Handling with color error messages throughout the application
- Updated DataRush™ engine for faster performance
- More efficient sort algorithms
- Previous join engine replaced with DataRush™ technology to improve join capability
- Color 3-D pie and bar charts with labels, field counts, and pass/fail percentages
- Save metric reports in the following formats:
- Plug into the Process Designer Email Component
- Pick up queue messages in a process, profile the data, and send results using the Process Designer email component (included in Pervasive Data Integrator or Business Integrator)
- Improved Documentation
- Welcome page
- Tool tips
- Cheat sheet tutorials
Environments Supported
This release has been tested on the following environments:
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System
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Supported Versions
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Hardware Platform
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Microsoft Windows
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2003 Server R2 SP1
XP SP2
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x86
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System Requirements
The following resources are the minimum recommended for a Windows operating system:
- An IBM PC or compatible PC with 1 GHz or faster processor
- Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1
- 300 MB free hard drive space in the installation location, depending on the installation options selected
- 1 GB RAM
- CD-ROM drive unless installing from downloaded files
These system requirements are the minimum for satisfactory operation. For higher performance, be certain that there is physical memory to meet the requirements of the local system and all applications.
A large, complex profile may consume so much memory that it will not execute. Where business processes permit, redesign of the profile may resolve this issue.
Data Profiler 4.0 is a 32-bit application. Using a 64-bit operating system and more than 4 GB RAM is not recommended and does not help performance.
Best practice is to execute large, complex processes only on machines that have sufficient memory to load all components of the process while supporting the operating system and all other open applications.
Note Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/Vista are not supported in this release. Technical support is not provided for these operating systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
This section presents frequently asked questions you may encounter.
How do I install a license file for Data Profiler?
I tried to open Data Profiler and received the error message:
“Unable to locate license file. The profiler engine may not operate properly until a valid license file is installed.”
Do the following:
- Click License Manager (also available from Help > License Manager).
- Navigate to your Data Profiler .slc file.
If you do not have an .slc file, contact your sales representative to obtain one.
- Click OK.
The Data Profiler application opens.
Known Issues
This section presents selected known issues for Data Profiler as of the release date. If you encounter an issue not found here, see Technical Support.
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Issue
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Problem / Description
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Workaround
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32324
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Renaming scripts is done by right-clicking on a script name and entering a new name. However, scripts appear in Project Navigator without their .script suffix. This renders the renamed script unusable.
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When renaming script files, type the new name plus the .script suffix.
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In the Project Navigator, you can move a profile from one project to another. But this process moves only the profile file itself; it does not move any supporting artifacts (connections, data sets, scripts) required by the profile. Unless the supporting files are also moved, the profile is not functional.
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Make sure that when you move a profile to another project that you also move all the related files.
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32594
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Opening large engine .log files returns a browser error.
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Two options are available:
- Close any other open .log files to free memory.
- Use a text editor to browse the file, such as WordPad.
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In the Data Profiler online help, attempting to search on certain strings returns a "HTTP Status 500" error.
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Only a few search terms return the error. If the search function fails on a particular term, use the TOC or the Index instead.
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32673
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Data sets with a large number of fields display only part of the header in the data viewer. At times, the header disappears and reappears while scrolling.
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Scroll slower through the fields so that the graphic refresh rate is not surpassed.
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After moving the data source file for a profile and returning to the profile editor, the properties pane is blank.
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None.
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You cannot create a connection to SQL Server using the JDBC Generic connector. After you download the sqljdbc_1.1 driver, copy the sqljdbc.jar into the InstallDir\Data Profiler 4.0\jre\lib\ext directory, type the parts for the JDBC Generic connection and click the Test Connection button, a JDBC Driver class error is returned.
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None.
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Installing Data Profiler
Prerequisites
You are provided with an .msi installation file and an .slc license file. To obtain either of these files, contact your sales engineer or sales representative.
To install Data Profiler 4.0
- Double-click the Pervasive Data Profiler 4.0.msi file.
- Click Next.
- Accept the terms of the license agreement. Click Next.
- Accept the default installation folder or click Change to select an alternate location.
- Click Next.
- Choose from one of the two available installation configurations:
- Click Next.
- To begin the installation, click Install.
Status messages appear during the installation, which may take several minutes.
- Click Finish to exit the setup.
See Also
What to Do Next
Known Issues
Uninstall Instructions
Pervasive Support may ask you to uninstall and reinstall Data Profiler. To do so in a Microsoft Windows environment, follow the steps in this section.
- Back up your Workspace and License folders.
- In the Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs, select Pervasive Data Profiler 4.0, and remove it.
See Also
For instructions on applying a license file, see Frequently Asked Questions .
What to Do Next
Once you have successfully installed Pervasive Data Profiler, we strongly recommend you read the Data Profiler User’s Guide. Open the online help from your Windows Start menu or from the Help menu in the application.
Technical Support
Pervasive Software strives to ensure easy and successful product installation and operation.
If you encounter problems not covered in the user documentation, contact your sales engineer or sales representative.
Useful Links
Disclaimer
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