## Set up Sisense

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/sisense/how-tos/set-up-sisense

> Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from Sisense. This method uses a username and password to fetch metadata.

:::warning Who can do this?
 You will need your [Sisense administrator](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/sisense-user-roles.htm) to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself.

:::

Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from Sisense. This method uses a username and password to fetch metadata.

Note that the Sisense connector does not support Sisense for Cloud Data Teams, formerly Periscope Data.

## Create new user in Sisense

:::info **Did you know?** 
 Atlan does **not** make any API requests or queries that will update the objects in your Sisense environment.

:::

You will need to create a new user in your Sisense instance and assign the _Data Admin_ role to the new user for integrating with Atlan. While Atlan can crawl all other [Sisense asset types](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/sisense/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-sisense/llms.txt) with the _Viewer_ role, the _[Data Admin](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/sisense-user-roles.htm)_ role is required to crawl and generate lineage for [data model tables](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/sisense/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-sisense/llms.txt). Atlan uses the [Datamodels API](https://sisense.dev/guides/restApi/v2/?platform=linux&spec=L2023.6#/Datamodels) to crawl data models and data model tables from Sisense. The _Viewer_ role does not provide access to data models.

To create a new user for [crawling Sisense](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/sisense/crawl-sisense/llms.txt):

1. Log in to your Sisense instance with the _Admin_ role.
2. From the tabs along the top, click **Admin**.
3. On the _Admin_ page, in the _System Management_ box, click **Users**.
4. From the top right of the _Users_ page, click **\+ Users** to add a new user.
5. In the _Add Users_ dialog, enter the following details:
 1. For _Email_, enter an email address for the new user - this will be the username for [authenticating the connection in Atlan](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/sisense/crawl-sisense/llms.txt).
 2. (Optional) For _First Name_ and _Last Name_, enter a first and last name for the new user - for example, `Atlan_integration`.
 3. For _Role_, click the role dropdown and then click **Data Admin** to assign that role to the new user.
 4. Toggle on **Define Password**, and for _Set Password_, set a password for the new user. Confirm the password in the next step.
 5. Click **Save** to complete new user creation.

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