# 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
* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition
* 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 custom indicators when analyzing columns in a delimited file on the condition that a Java custom indicator is already created.

   For more information, see [Creating Java custom indicators](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-07/creating-java-custom-indicators "You can create your own personalized Java 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-R2026-07/defining-columns-to-be-analyzed-in-file)
* [Setting indicators on columns](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-07/setting-indicators)
* [Setting regular expressions and finalize the analysis](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-07/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-R2026-07/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-R2026-07/analyzing-delimited-data-in-shortcut-procedures)