A Data Collection is a location in the Directory where you can upload, download and store data files. You can use these files in data flows.
In order for a data collection to point at a location on the file system, and for you to be able to upload and download data to that location, the data collection needs to be mounted.
Administrator users can configure mount points.
For example, an admin user might complete these tasks before you have access to a folder:
- Create a "Sales" folder in Data360 Analyze.
- Configure a mount point on the "Sales" folder to point to a location on a shared drive, for example:
D:/data/sales. - Assign permissions to the "Sales" folder to allow users to create subfolders and data collections within this folder. This allows you to view and work with data files stored on the shared drive in any subfolders of
D:/data/sales.
To create a new data collection:
- In the Directory, click the menu button to the right of the folder where you want to create your data collection and select New Data Collection.
- Enter a name for the data collection and click Done.
You can apply permissions within the Directory, to control which users can access what data. This enables you to have multiple business teams working with one Data360 Analyze installation, while keeping their data and assets separate from each other. Permissions can be set on data collections or on folders within data collections, you cannot set permissions on individual data files.