public sealed class DataProfileSpec : IMessage<DataProfileSpec>, IEquatable<DataProfileSpec>, IDeepCloneable<DataProfileSpec>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Dataplex v1 API class DataProfileSpec.
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IDeepCloneable\u003cDataProfileSpec\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Dataplex v1 API class DataProfileSpec.\n\nDataProfileScan related setting. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e DataProfileSpec \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[DataProfileSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.DataProfileSpec), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[DataProfileSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.DataProfileSpec), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[DataProfileSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.DataProfileSpec), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### DataProfileSpec()\n\n public DataProfileSpec()\n\n### DataProfileSpec(DataProfileSpec)\n\n public DataProfileSpec(DataProfileSpec other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### ExcludeFields\n\n public DataProfileSpec.Types.SelectedFields ExcludeFields { get; set; }\n\nOptional. The fields to exclude from data profile.\n\nIf specified, the fields will be excluded from data profile, regardless of\n`include_fields` value.\n\n### IncludeFields\n\n public DataProfileSpec.Types.SelectedFields IncludeFields { get; set; }\n\nOptional. The fields to include in data profile.\n\nIf not specified, all fields at the time of profile scan job execution are\nincluded, except for ones listed in `exclude_fields`.\n\n### PostScanActions\n\n public DataProfileSpec.Types.PostScanActions PostScanActions { get; set; }\n\nOptional. Actions to take upon job completion..\n\n### RowFilter\n\n public string RowFilter { get; set; }\n\nOptional. A filter applied to all rows in a single DataScan job.\nThe filter needs to be a valid SQL expression for a [WHERE clause in\nGoogleSQL\nsyntax](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/query-syntax#where_clause).\n\nExample: col1 \\\u003e= 0 AND col2 \\\u003c 10\n\n### SamplingPercent\n\n public float SamplingPercent { get; set; }\n\nOptional. The percentage of the records to be selected from the dataset for\nDataScan.\n\n- Value can range between 0.0 and 100.0 with up to 3 significant decimal digits.\n- Sampling is not applied if `sampling_percent` is not specified, 0 or 100."]]