Data Sources
Data Sources in Atlan enables you to integrate your data platforms from cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments into a unified catalog. This helps you discover, document, and govern all your data assets in one place, supporting analytics, compliance, and data-driven decision-making.
Key concepts
- Connector: Atlan's integration layer that securely extracts metadata from your data sources
- Crawler: A process that scans your data source and extracts metadata into Atlan's catalog
- Lineage: The visualization of how data flows between systems, showing dependencies and transformations
- Metadata: Information about your data assets, including schema, owner, quality, and usage patterns
Core offerings
Unified metadata
Extract and centralize technical metadata from databases, warehouses, and other sources
Automated discovery
Keep your catalog in sync with your data platforms using scheduled crawlers
Data lineage
Track data movement between platforms with automatically generated lineage graphs
Access information
Understand who has access to what data across your organization
Get started
Select your source
Choose the data platform you want to integrate from the sidebar navigation
Configure the connection
Set up authentication and access credentials for secure connections
Run the crawler
Extract metadata and build your data catalog
Use the sidebar navigation to browse available connectors by category, including CRM systems, databases, data warehouses, ERP systems, event platforms, and storage services.