# Creating a basic column analysis on a file

Available in...

* Big Data Platform
* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric
* Data Management Platform
* Data Services Platform
* MDM Platform
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

You can create a column analysis on a delimited file and execute the created analyses using the Java engine.

Profiling data in a delimited file involves different steps.

## Procedure

1. Defining the columns to be analyzed.
2. Setting predefined system indicators for the defined columns.
3. Setting patterns for the defined columns.

   You can also use Java user-defined indicators when analyzing columns in a delimited file on the condition that a Java user-defined indicator is already created.

   For more information, see [Defining Java user-defined indicators](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/defining-java-user-defined-indicators).

### In this section

* [Defining the columns to be analyzed in a file](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/defining-columns-to-be-analyzed-in-file)
* [Setting system and user-defined indicators](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/setting-system-and-user-defined-indicators)
* [Setting options for system indicators](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/setting-options-for-system-indicators)
* [Setting regular expressions and finalize the analysis](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/setting-regular-expressions-and-finalize-analysis)
* [Viewing and exporting the analyzed data in a file](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/viewing-and-exporting-analyzed-data-in-file)
* [Analyzing delimited data in shortcut procedures](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/analyzing-delimited-data-in-shortcut-procedures)