Profile a single data asset in test mode

If you want to test the discovery service, you can profile a single data asset in test mode.

Supported resources

You can configure test mode for the following resource types:

  • BigQuery table
  • Cloud SQL table
  • Cloud Storage bucket
  • Amazon S3 bucket

Pricing

You are charged based on your chosen discovery pricing mode.

Differences between profiling in test mode and standard profiling

Test mode differs from standard profiling in the following ways:

  • Test mode is available only in project view.
  • A test-mode discovery configuration lets you profile only one data asset.
  • You can create many test-mode discovery configurations for different data assets in a project. For each data asset, you can have only one test-mode discovery configuration.

Create a test-mode discovery configuration

To create a test-mode discovery configuration, see the instructions for the data that you want to profile:

When you're prompted to select a resource to scan, select Scan one table or Scan bucket, depending on the data source you are configuring discovery for. Then, enter the details of the table or bucket.

Profile regeneration

Sensitive Data Protection reprofiles data as described in Frequency of data profile generation. You can customize the profiling frequency in your scan configuration by creating a schedule. To force the discovery service to reprofile your data, see Force a reprofile operation.