Microsoft Purview · Unified Catalog Governance
Data Profile Reader
Browse data profile insights and drill down to column-level statistics. Sub-role requiring Governance Domain Reader and catalog reader.
Scope: Read-only access to data profiling results within domain
Permissions
- Browse data profile insights
- Drill down to column-level profiling statistics
- View data distributions and patterns
- Access min/max/avg and other statistical measures
- Cannot run profiling jobs
- Cannot modify profiling configurations
Common use cases
- Data consumers understanding data characteristics
- Analysts evaluating data suitability for use cases
- Business users checking data completeness and quality
- Data scientists assessing training data distributions
- Stakeholders verifying data product documentation accuracy
Best practices
- Assign to data consumers who need deep data understanding
- Use profiling insights to assess data fitness for purpose
- Include profile statistics in data product evaluation
- Train readers on interpreting statistical measures
- Combine with Global Catalog Reader for broad assignment
Security considerations
- Read-only role with minimal security concerns
- Can view column-level statistics and data patterns
- May reveal sensitive data characteristics
- Does not show actual data samples
- Safe for broad assignment within domain