Microsoft Purview Register a Data Source and Launch a Scan
Version 1.0.0
Register a data source, configure a scan, and kick off a scan run.
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3 source APIs
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register-source-and-scan
Register a data source, configure a scan, and run it.
Creates or replaces a data source, confirms it, creates or replaces a scan on it, and starts a scan run.
4 steps
inputs: apiVersion, authorization, dataSourceKind, dataSourceName, runId, scanKind, scanName, scanRulesetName
outputs: dataSourceName, runStatus, scanName
1
registerSource
Register or replace the data source in the Purview account.
2
confirmSource
Read the data source back to confirm it was registered.
3
configureScan
Create or replace the scan configuration on the data source.
4
runScan
Launch a scan run for the configured scan using the supplied run GUID.
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