## How does a Snowflake connection know that a table referenced in LookML is actually the same table?

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/product/capabilities/lineage/faq/snowflake-lookml-table-matching

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Each [project](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/looker/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-looker/llms.txt) in Looker can only be linked to a source that is individually obtained from the Looker APIs. In addition, the API provides the default database name while the LookML files contain the table name. Atlan links the two pieces of information to generate lineage.

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