API token connection admin App
The API Token Connection Admin app enables you to automatically assign an API token as a connection admin in Atlan.
This is required when:
- A connection is created through a workflow that runs under a user's credentials, and
- You want to use an API token to programmatically manage the connection or its assets (for example, to manage policies in a persona).
This reference provides full configuration details for the app, including property definitions, expected values, and how the workflow updates connection admin assignments.
Access
The API Token Connection Admin app isn't enabled by default. To use it, contact Atlan support and request that it be added to your tenant.
Configuration
This section defines the workflow's operational inputs and how they affect connection-level permissions.
Workflow name
Specifies a unique name to identify this configuration in the Atlan interface. Use a descriptive label to distinguish between multiple connection administration workflows.
Example:
assign-api-token-to-connection-admin
Connection
Specifies the connection to which the selected API token is added as a connection admin. This ensures that the API token can programmatically manage assets, policies, or metadata within that connection.
Use the dropdown to select an existing connection from your Atlan workspace. The selected connection must already exist in Atlan, this app doesn't create new connections.
The user executing the workflow must already be a connection admin for the selected connection.
Example:
Snowflake - Finance Warehouse
API token
This property identifies which token gains administrative privileges, enabling programmatic management of assets, policies, and metadata within that connection.
Use the dropdown to select an existing API token from your Atlan workspace. The token must exist and have sufficient privileges to authenticate API calls or workflow actions associated with the connection.
Example:
atlan-automation-token