Microsoft Purview · Unified Catalog Governance
Data Profile Steward
Run data profiling jobs and access profiling insights. Sub-role requiring Governance Domain Reader and Data Product Owner.
Scope: Data profiling within assigned domain and data products
Permissions
- Run data profiling jobs on data products
- Access profiling insight details including column statistics
- Browse all data quality insights
- Monitor profiling job execution
- Cannot create data quality rules
- Cannot run data quality scanning (separate from profiling)
Common use cases
- Data analysts profiling datasets before creating data products
- Understanding data distribution and patterns
- Identifying data quality issues through profiling
- Documenting data characteristics for consumers
- Discovering sensitive data through profiling
- Supporting data classification and cataloging efforts
Best practices
- Profile datasets before publishing data products
- Use profiling to discover sensitive data needing classification
- Schedule profiling during off-peak hours
- Document profiling findings in data product metadata
- Use profiling to identify quality issues proactively
- Coordinate with data engineering on unexpected patterns
- Include profiling insights in data product documentation
Security considerations
- Profiling jobs may impact source system performance
- Can view column-level statistics including data samples
- May discover sensitive or PII data during profiling
- Coordinate with data owners before profiling
- Schedule during approved maintenance windows