Opening an Artifact
To open an existing artifact, in Project Explorer, double-click the artifact name or right-click and click Open. The artifact opens in the applicable editor.
Note: The Data Profiler
.dp artifact is not supported in DataConnect 12.5 and therefore cannot be opened for editing. It has been replaced by a
.dq (Data Quality) file and a
.dq.rtc (Runtime Config) file. Please recreate the profile as
.dq and
.dq.rtc artifacts. You can right-click on the
.dp file to view profile content in a JSON editor. Also note that some rules have been deprecated or replaced with new rules. For more information, see
Deprecated Rules.
An artifact cannot be opened in its editor twice. For example, you can have multiple runtime configurations for any one map, process or profile. If you double-click to open or edit one map runtime configuration, the editor will contain both the map and configuration information. If you double-click to open a different runtime configuration that points to the same map, an error message is displayed indicating that the map is already open.
In case the artifact was set as Read-Only, then when you open the file, a message is displayed indicating that the file is Read-Only and any changes to the file will not be saved. Also, the names of the artifacts that are marked as Read-Only are displayed. Click Yes to remove the Read-Only mode for the artifact. If you click No, then Read-Only text is displayed on the Status Bar indicating that the artifact is Read-Only and changes cannot be saved.
You can also disable Read-Only for an artifact using the following steps:
1. In Project Explorer, right-click on the artifact and select Properties.
The Properties dialog is displayed.
2. Click Resource.
3. In Attributes, clear the Read-Only option.
4. Click Apply and Close.
Last modified date: 04/17/2026