Integrations · Files

File-based test data management

Files on a local or mounted file system are the simplest source and the easiest to get wrong: a directory of extracts is a full copy of production that nobody governs.

A read-only landing zone turns those extracts into a controlled input for masking, subsetting and certification.

What test data management needs here

  • Declared CSV headers and table names, so nothing is guessed from data.
  • A read-only mount that the agent can prove from file-system permissions.
  • Clear retention: extracts should be deleted once a certified dataset exists.

How DataNivra approaches it

  • Discovery refuses undeclared CSV headers rather than guessing, and reports only structure and aggregates.
  • Certified outputs are written to a separate target, so the sensitive extract can be removed.
  • Whatever the system, row-level work happens in the DataNivra agent inside your network: only metadata, aggregates and evidence reach DataNivra Cloud.

Files: connector status (2)

2 of these connectors can be used today (available or in preview); the others are shown with their honest status. Statuses are derived from recorded conformance evidence.

Available now

Parquet files

Shipped in the standard agent and backed by recorded conformance evidence.

Built-in file-set connector for Parquet (or CSV) files on a local or mounted filesystem; each declared file or directory is a table.

Available now — details about Parquet files

Available now

Local files (Parquet / CSV)

Shipped in the standard agent and backed by recorded conformance evidence.

Built-in file-set connector for Parquet or CSV extracts in a local or mounted directory (for example a read-only landing zone for exports).

Available now — details about Local files (Parquet / CSV)

Learn, try, then start

See the whole workflow — discovery, classification, masking, subsetting and certification — on synthetic data in the interactive demo, then start a free trial. The product overview explains how the customer-resident agent and DataNivra Cloud divide the work.

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