Connect to and manage Azure Database for MySQL in Microsoft Purview

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06/30/2022
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This article outlines how to register a database in Azure Database for MySQL, and how to authenticate and interact with Azure Database for MySQL in Microsoft Purview. For more information about Microsoft Purview, read the introductory article.

Supported capabilities

Metadata Extraction	Full Scan	Incremental Scan	Scoped Scan	Classification	Access Policy	Lineage	Data Sharing
Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	No	Limited**	No

* Microsoft Purview relies on UPDATE_TIME metadata from Azure Database for MySQL for incremental scans. In some cases, this field might not persist in the database and a full scan is performed. For more information, see The INFORMATION_SCHEMA TABLES Table for MySQL.

** Lineage is supported if dataset is used as a source/sink in Data Factory Copy activity

Important

Microsoft Purview only supports single server deployment option for Azure Database for MySQL.

Prerequisites

An Azure account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.
An active Microsoft Purview account.
You will need to be a Data Source Administrator and Data Reader to register a source and manage it in the Microsoft Purview governance portal. See our Microsoft Purview Permissions page for details.

Register

This section describes how to register an Azure Database for MySQL in Microsoft Purview using the Microsoft Purview governance portal.

Authentication for registration

You will need username and password for the next steps.

Follow the instructions in CREATE DATABASES AND USERS to create a login for your Azure Database for MySQL.

Navigate to your key vault in the Azure portal
Select Settings > Secrets
Select + Generate/Import and enter the Name and Value as the password from your Azure SQL Database
Select Create to complete
If your key vault is not connected to Microsoft Purview yet, you will need to create a new key vault connection
Finally, create a new credential of type SQL authentication using the username and password to set up your scan.

Steps to register

To register a new Azure Database for MySQL in your data catalog, do the following:

Navigate to your Microsoft Purview account.
Select Data Map on the left navigation.
Select Register.
On Register sources, select Azure Database for MySQL. Select Continue.

On the Register sources (Azure Database for MySQL) screen, do the following:

Enter a Name for your data source. This will be the display name for this data source in your Catalog.
Select From Azure subscription, select the appropriate subscription from the Azure subscription drop-down box and the appropriate server from the Server name drop-down box.
Select Register to register the data source.

Scan

Follow the steps below to scan Azure Database for MySQL to automatically identify assets and classify your data. For more information about scanning in general, see our introduction to scans and ingestion

Create and run scan

To create and run a new scan, do the following:

Select the Data Map tab on the left pane in the Microsoft Purview governance portal.
Select the Azure Database for MySQL source that you registered.
Select New scan
Select the credential to connect to your data source and check your connection to make sure your credential is properly configured.
You can scope your scan to specific folders or subfolders by choosing the appropriate items in the list.
Then select a scan rule set. You can choose between the system default, existing custom rule sets, or create a new rule set inline.
Choose your scan trigger. You can set up a schedule or run the scan once.
Review your scan and select Save and run.-->

review your scan

View your scans and scan runs

To view existing scans, do the following:

Go to the Microsoft Purview governance portal. Select the Data Map tab under the left pane.
Select the desired data source. You will see a list of existing scans on that data source under Recent scans, or can view all scans under the Scans tab.
Select the scan that has results you want to view.
This page will show you all of the previous scan runs along with the status and metrics for each scan run. It will also display whether your scan was scheduled or manual, how many assets had classifications applied, how many total assets were discovered, the start and end time of the scan, and the total scan duration.

Manage your scans - edit, delete, or cancel

To manage or delete a scan, do the following:

Go to the Microsoft Purview governance portal. Select the Data Map tab under the left pane.
Select the desired data source. You will see a list of existing scans on that data source under Recent scans, or can view all scans under the Scans tab.
Select the scan you would like to manage. You can edit the scan by selecting Edit scan.
You can cancel an in progress scan by selecting Cancel scan run.
You can delete your scan by selecting Delete scan.

Note

Deleting your scan does not delete catalog assets created from previous scans.
The asset will no longer be updated with schema changes if your source table has changed and you re-scan the source table after editing the description in the schema tab of Microsoft Purview.

Next steps

Now that you have registered your source, follow the below guides to learn more about Microsoft Purview and your data.