## Set up Soda

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/observability/soda/how-tos/set-up-soda

> :::warning Who can do this? You will need your [Soda Cloud administrator](https://docs.soda.io/soda-cloud/roles-and-rights.html) to complete these steps -.

:::warning Who can do this?
 You will need your [Soda Cloud administrator](https://docs.soda.io/soda-cloud/roles-and-rights.html) to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself. You will also need to scan your datasets using the latest version of [Soda Library](https://docs.soda.io/soda-library/overview.html) or [migrate from Soda Core to Soda Library](https://docs.soda.io/soda-library/install.html#migrate-from-soda-core) to ensure the best possible experience in Atlan. Associated checks for datasets scanned using an older version of Soda Library may be unavailable or missing the relationship with datasets in Atlan.

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Atlan supports the API authentication method for fetching metadata from Soda. This method uses an API key ID and API secret to fetch metadata.

## Create an API key

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

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You will need to [create an API key in Soda](https://docs.soda.io/soda-cloud/api-keys.html#generate-api-keys-for-use-with-soda-library-or-the-reporting-api) for integration with Atlan.

To create an API key for [crawling Soda](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/soda/crawl-soda/llms.txt):

1. Log in to your Soda Cloud instance as an **Admin**.
2. In the top right of your Soda Cloud account, click on your avatar, and from the dropdown, click **Profile**.
3. Under your profile name, click the **API Keys** tab.
4. On the _API Keys_ page, click the **+** button to generate a new API key.
5. In the _API Keys_ dialog, enter the following details:
 1. For _Description_, enter a meaningful description.
 2. For _Organization_, enter the name of your organization.
 3. Click **Create** to finish setup.
6. From the corresponding screen, copy the _API Key ID_ and _API Key Secret_ and store them in a secure location.

 :::warning

 The API secret cannot be retrieved later.

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