Add descriptions
You can add descriptions to your assets in Atlan, including tables, views, and individual columns. You can even add a description in the form of a [README](/product/integrations). Doing so enriches your data asset with the relevant contextual information.
Add options
:::warning Who can do this? You must be an admin user in Atlan to create options for custom metadata properties.
Automate data profiling
Create profiling playbooks to scan data assets at scale, identify data quality issues, and improve asset quality. Setup requires admin user permissions in Atlan.
Can I connect to any source with an ODBC/JDBC driver?
A number of Atlan's [supported connectors](/product/connections/references/connectors-and-capabilities) use a JDBC- or REST API-based approach for metadata extraction. If you are attempting to connect to a source with no native integration, [contact Atlan support](/support/submit-request) to share more details about your use case.
Can I turn off sample data preview for the entire organization?
Atlan recommends that you turn off sample data preview at a connection level. For example, you can configure the [Snowflake crawler](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/snowflake/how-tos/crawl-snowflake) to prevent users from previewing any Snowflake data.
Crawl Aiven Kafka
Extract metadata from Aiven Kafka to catalog topics, partitions, and consumer groups. Discover and govern your Kafka messaging infrastructure after configuring permissions.
Crawl AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Extract metadata from your AlloyDB for PostgreSQL database and establish a connection between Atlan and your database
Crawl Amazon Athena
To crawl metadata from Amazon Athena, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.
Crawl Amazon DynamoDB
Extract metadata from Amazon DynamoDB to catalog tables, items, and attributes. Extract asset information and column-level details after configuring AWS permissions.
Crawl Amazon MSK
To crawl metadata from Amazon MSK, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.
Crawl Amazon QuickSight
Extract metadata from Amazon QuickSight to catalog dashboards, analyses, and datasets. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Amazon Redshift
Once you have configured the [Amazon Redshift access permissions](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/amazon-redshift/how-tos/set-up-amazon-redshift), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Amazon Redshift.
Crawl Anaplan
Crawl metadata from Anaplan to catalog workspaces, models, dimensions, and planning modules. Extract model structure and planning asset information after configuring user access.
Crawl Apache Kafka
Crawl metadata from Apache Kafka to catalog topics, consumer groups, and clusters. Extract schema information from Confluent Schema Registry after configuring cluster permissions.
Crawl AWS Glue
Crawl metadata from AWS Glue Data Catalog to catalog jobs, workflows, tables, and data transformations. Extract lineage information after configuring AWS access permissions.
Crawl AWS SageMaker Unified Studio
Configure and run the SMUS Catalog crawler to extract assets, metadata, and lineage from SMUS and catalog and enrich them in Atlan.
Crawl BigID
Configure and run the Atlan BigID workflow to crawl metadata from BigID.
Crawl ClickHouse
Create a ClickHouse crawler workflow in Atlan to extract metadata from your database.
Crawl Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
Extract metadata from your Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL database and establish a connection between Atlan and your database
Crawl Confluent Kafka
Learn about crawl confluent kafka.
Crawl Confluent Schema Registry
Configure and run the standalone Confluent Schema Registry crawler in Atlan.
Crawl CrateDB
Configure and run the CrateDB crawler to extract metadata from your database
Crawl Cyera
Crawl classification metadata from Cyera to enrich assets with data sensitivity and privacy information. Extract data sensitivity classifications and security issues.
Crawl Databricks
Crawl metadata from Databricks to catalog tables, schemas, views, and volumes. Extract lineage and column information after configuring access permissions and authentication.
Crawl Databricks AI models
Discover and catalog AI models registered in the Databricks Unity Catalog Model Registry using Atlan's Databricks connector.
Crawl DataStax Enterprise
Extract metadata from DataStax Enterprise to catalog databases, tables, columns, and keyspaces. Discover and govern your NoSQL data assets after configuring user permissions.
Crawl dbt
Configure and run the crawler to extract metadata from your dbt Cloud or dbt Core projects.
Crawl Domo
Extract metadata from Domo to catalog dashboards, datasets, cards, and pages. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Dremio
Crawl metadata from Dremio to catalog physical datasets, virtual datasets, folders, and spaces. Extract lineage and asset information from your data lakehouse.
Crawl Fivetran
Enrich Atlan with Fivetran metadata to track data pipeline lineage and transformations. Configure the Fivetran Platform Connector and connect a supported data warehouse destination.
Crawl GCS assets
Configure and run the GCS crawler to catalog your GCP GCS buckets and objects in Atlan.
Crawl Google BigQuery
Crawl metadata from Google BigQuery to catalog datasets, tables, views, and columns. Extract lineage and asset details after completing prerequisite setup.
Crawl Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog
Configure and run the crawler to extract metadata from Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog.
Crawl Hightouch
Crawl metadata from Hightouch to catalog models and syncs. Extract reverse ETL lineage between data warehouse sources and operational business tools after configuring API credentials.
Crawl Hive
Extract metadata from Hive to catalog databases, tables, views, and columns. Extract lineage and asset information after configuring user permissions.
Crawl IBM Cognos Analytics
Extract metadata from IBM Cognos Analytics to catalog reports, queries, and dashboards. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring user permissions.
Crawl Iceberg
Crawl metadata from Iceberg to catalog tables, namespaces, and columns. Extract table metadata and lineage from your Iceberg data lakehouse catalogs.
Crawl Informatica CDI assets
Crawl metadata from Informatica Cloud Data Integration to catalog projects, workflows, tasks, and mappings. Extract data transformation lineage after configuring cloud access.
Crawl Looker
Once you have configured the [Looker user permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/looker/how-tos/set-up-looker), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Looker.
Crawl Matillion
Crawl metadata from Matillion to catalog jobs, tasks, pipelines, and transformations. Extract lineage information after configuring user permissions and connectivity.
Crawl Metabase
Once you have [configured the Metabase user permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/metabase/how-tos/set-up-metabase), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Metabase.
Crawl Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
Extract metadata from Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB to catalog databases, containers, and documents. Discover and govern your NoSQL data assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Microsoft Azure Data Factory
Once you have [configured the Microsoft Azure Data Factory permissions](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/microsoft-azure-data-factory/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-.
Crawl Microsoft Azure Event Hubs
Extract metadata from Microsoft Azure Event Hubs to catalog topics, partitions, and consumer groups. Discover and govern your messaging infrastructure after configuring permissions.
Crawl Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics
Extract metadata from Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics to catalog databases, schemas, tables, and views. Discover and govern your cloud data warehouse assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Microsoft Fabric
Crawl metadata from Microsoft Fabric to catalog workspaces, reports, dashboards, and datasets. Extract lineage and analytics information from your Fabric environment.
Crawl Microsoft Power BI
Once you have configured the [Microsoft Power BI user permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/microsoft-power-bi/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-power-bi), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Microsoft Power BI.
Crawl Microsoft SQL Server
Crawl metadata from Microsoft SQL Server to catalog databases, schemas, tables, and views. Extract column details and enable data discovery, lineage tracking, and governance after configuring user permissions.
Crawl Microsoft SSRS
Crawl metadata from SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to catalog reports, datasets, and data sources. Extract report definitions, lineage, and data model information.
Crawl MicroStrategy
Extract metadata from MicroStrategy to catalog reports, dashboards, and metrics. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring authentication.
Crawl Mode
Once you have [configured the Mode user permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/mode/how-tos/set-up-mode), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Mode.
Crawl MongoDB (self-managed)
Once you have [configured the MongoDB permissions](/apps/connectors/database/mongodb/onprem/how-tos/set-up-mongodb-onprem), you can establish a connection between Atlan and MongoDB.
Crawl MongoDB Atlas
Configure MongoDB Atlas connection and run the crawler to extract metadata from MongoDB into Atlan.
Crawl Monte Carlo
Once you have [configured the Monte Carlo permissions](/apps/connectors/observability/monte-carlo/how-tos/set-up-monte-carlo), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Monte Carlo.
Crawl MySQL
To crawl metadata from MySQL, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.
Crawl NetSuite
Crawl metadata from NetSuite to catalog record types, record fields, and business processes. Extract enterprise data structure after configuring access credentials.
Crawl on-premises databases
Extract metadata from on-premises databases to catalog tables, schemas, and views. Discover and govern your database assets after configuring the metadata-extractor tool.
Crawl on-premises Databricks
The Docker-based databricks-extractor offline tool has been sunset. For on-premises or network-restricted Databricks environments, use Self-Deployed Runtime, Secure Agent, or direct connectivity via private link.
Crawl on-premises IBM Cognos Analytics
Extract metadata from on-premises IBM Cognos Analytics to catalog reports, queries, and dashboards. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring extractor tool.
Crawl on-premises Kafka
Extract metadata from on-premises Kafka to catalog topics, partitions, and consumer groups. Discover and govern your Kafka messaging infrastructure after configuring extractor tool.
Crawl on-premises Looker
Extract metadata from on-premises Looker to catalog dashboards, looks, explores, and data sources. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring extractor tool.
Crawl on-premises Tableau
Extract metadata from on-premises Tableau to catalog workbooks, dashboards, and sheets. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring extractor tool.
Crawl on-premises ThoughtSpot
Extract metadata from on-premises ThoughtSpot to catalog pinboards, answers, and liveboards. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring extractor tool.
Crawl Oracle
Crawl metadata from Oracle Database to catalog schemas, tables, views, and columns. Extract lineage and asset information after configuring user permissions and database connectivity.
Crawl PostgreSQL
Configure and run PostgreSQL metadata extraction workflows to catalog databases, schemas, tables, views, and columns in Atlan.
Crawl PrestoSQL
Once you have configured the [PrestoSQL user permissions](/apps/connectors/database/prestosql/how-tos/set-up-prestosql), you can establish a connection between Atlan and PrestoSQL.
Crawl Qlik Sense Cloud
Extract metadata from Qlik Sense Cloud to catalog applications, sheets, and visualizations. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
Extract metadata from Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows to catalog applications, sheets, and visualizations. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Qualytics
Crawl metadata from Qualytics to capture data quality checks, anomalies, and scores. Enrich your assets with comprehensive quality insights from quality rules and validations.
Crawl Redash
Once you have [configured the Redash permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/redash/how-tos/set-up-redash), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Redash.
Crawl Redpanda Kafka
Extract metadata from Redpanda Kafka to catalog topics, partitions, and consumer groups. Discover and govern your Kafka messaging infrastructure after configuring permissions.
Crawl S3 assets
Configure and run the S3 crawler to catalog your Amazon S3 buckets and objects in Atlan.
Crawl SageMaker
Crawl lineage from AWS SageMaker to catalog machine learning pipelines, jobs, models, and datasets. Extract ML workflow lineage after configuring AWS credentials.
Crawl Salesforce
Extract metadata from Salesforce to catalog objects, fields, and relationships. Discover and govern your CRM data assets after configuring user permissions.
Crawl SAP BW/4HANA
Extract and catalog metadata from your SAP BW/4HANA system in Atlan.
Crawl SAP Datasphere
Configure and run the crawler to extract metadata from SAP Datasphere spaces, views, analytical models, and columns into Atlan.
Crawl SAP ECC
Extract and catalog metadata from your SAP ECC system including tables, fields, and modules in Atlan.
Crawl SAP HANA
Extract metadata from SAP HANA to catalog databases, schemas, tables, views, and columns. Discover and govern your enterprise data assets after configuring user permissions.
Crawl SAP S/4HANA
Extract and catalog metadata from your SAP S/4HANA system including tables, fields, CDS views, and modules in Atlan.
Crawl Sigma
Once you have [configured the Sigma permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/sigma/how-tos/set-up-sigma), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Sigma.
Crawl Sisense
Extract metadata from Sisense to catalog dashboards, widgets, and datasets. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Snowflake
To crawl metadata from Snowflake, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.
Crawl Snowflake AI models
Discover, catalog, and build lineage for AI models registered in the Snowflake Model Registry using Atlan's Snowflake connector.
Crawl Soda
Once you have [configured the Soda permissions](/apps/connectors/observability/soda/how-tos/set-up-soda), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Soda.
Crawl SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) assets
Crawl metadata from SSIS project files to catalog projects, packages, tasks, and components. Extract transformation lineage from SSIS packages stored in Azure Blob Storage.
Crawl Starburst Enterprise
Crawl metadata from Starburst Enterprise to catalog catalogs, schemas, tables, and data products. Extract domain definitions and lineage information after configuring user permissions.
Crawl Tableau
Crawl metadata from Tableau to catalog workbooks, dashboards, sheets, and data sources. Extract lineage and usage information after configuring user permissions.
Crawl Talend assets
Crawl metadata from Talend to catalog jobs, components, and transformations. Extract transformation lineage from project files in GitHub or Atlassian Stash repositories.
Crawl Teradata
Extract metadata from Teradata to catalog databases, tables, views, and columns. Extract query lineage and asset information after configuring user permissions.
Crawl ThoughtSpot
Extract metadata from ThoughtSpot to catalog pinboards, answers, and liveboards. Discover and govern your BI assets after configuring permissions.
Crawl Trino
Crawl metadata from Trino to catalog schemas, tables, views, and columns. Extract distributed query lineage and asset information after configuring user permissions.
Disable data access
:::warning Who can do this? You will need to be an admin user in Atlan to configure these options.
Does lineage only cover calculated fields for Tableau dashboards?
Atlan displays upstream as well as downstream lineage for [Tableau dashboards](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/tableau/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-f.
Enrich Atlan through dbt
Beyond the default mapped [dbt Cloud](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/dbt/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-dbt-cloud) or [dbt Core](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/dbt/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-dbt-core) properties, you can update any of Atlan's metadata attributes (except for `name`, `tenantId`, and `qualifiedName`) through your dbt model's `meta` property.
Extract lineage and usage from Databricks
Retrieve lineage from Unity Catalog and usage and popularity metrics from query history or system tables using REST API, offline, or system table extraction methods.
Future tables and permissions
How to configure permissions for future tables created by any user in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
Manage Databricks tags
You must have a [Unity Catalog-enabled workspace](https://docs.databricks.com/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/get-started.html) and SQL warehouse configured to import Databricks tags in Atlan.
Manage dbt tags
Atlan imports your [dbt tags](https://docs.getdbt.com/references/resource-configs/tags) and lets you update your dbt assets with the imported tags.
Manage Google BigQuery tags
Atlan imports your [Google BigQuery tags](https://docs.getdbt.com/references/resource-configs/tags) and lets you update your Google BigQuery assets with the imported tags. Note that object tagging in Google BigQuery currently requires [Enterprise edition or higher](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/editions-intro#editions_features).
Manage Snowflake tags
You can import your Snowflake tags to Atlan through one-way tag sync. The synced Snowflake tags will be matched to corresponding tags in Atlan through case-insensitive name match and your Snowflake assets will be enriched with their synced tags from Snowflake.
Mine Amazon Redshift
Once you have [crawled assets from Amazon Redshift](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/amazon-redshift/how-tos/crawl-amazon-redshift), you can mine its query history to construct lineage and retrieve [usage and popularity metrics](/product/capabilities/usage-and-popularity/how-tos/interpret-usage-metrics).
Mine ClickHouse
Once you have [crawled assets from ClickHouse](/apps/connectors/database/clickhouse/how-tos/crawl-clickhouse), you can mine its query history to construct lineage.
Mine Google BigQuery
Once you have [crawled assets from Google BigQuery](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/google-bigquery/how-tos/crawl-google-bigquery), you can mine its query history to construct lineage.
Mine Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics
Learn about mine microsoft azure synapse analytics.
Mine Microsoft Power BI
Once you have crawled assets from Microsoft Power BI, you can mine its activity events to generate usage metrics.
Mine PostgreSQL
Once you have [crawled assets from PostgreSQL](/apps/connectors/database/postgresql/how-tos/crawl-postgresql), you can mine its query history to construct lineage.
Mine queries through S3
Once you have crawled assets from a supported connector, you can mine query history.
Mine Snowflake
Once you have [crawled assets from Snowflake](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/snowflake/how-tos/crawl-snowflake), you can mine its query history to construct lineage.
Mine Teradata
Once you have [crawled assets from Teradata](/apps/connectors/database/teradata/how-tos/crawl-teradata), you can mine its query history to construct lineage.
Order workflows
The [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows#order-of-operations) you run in Atlan is important. Follow the specific workflow sequence outlined below when crawling [data tools](/product/connections/references/supported-sources). The right order particularly ensures that lineage is constructed without needing to rerun crawlers.
Preflight checks for Aiven Kafka
Before [running the Aiven Kafka crawler](/apps/connectors/messaging/aiven-kafka/how-tos/crawl-aiven-kafka), you can run [preflight checks](/product/conne.
Preflight checks for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Verify prerequisites before setting up the AlloyDB for PostgreSQL connector
Preflight checks for Amazon MSK
Before [running the Amazon MSK crawler](/apps/connectors/messaging/amazon-msk/how-tos/crawl-amazon-msk), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connecti.
Preflight checks for Amazon QuickSight
The [ListAnalyses](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_ListAnalyses.html) REST API is used to fetch the actual list of analyses for which the user has view permission.
Preflight checks for Amazon Redshift
Before [running the Amazon Redshift crawler](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/amazon-redshift/how-tos/crawl-amazon-redshift), you can run [preflight chec.
Preflight checks for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
Before crawling Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, you can run preflight checks to perform the necessary technical validations.
Preflight checks for Anaplan
The Anaplan REST API is used to fetch the actual list of workspaces, and apps for which the user has view permission.
Preflight checks for Apache Kafka
Before [running the Apache Kafka crawler](/apps/connectors/messaging/apache-kafka/how-tos/crawl-apache-kafka), run [preflight checks](/product/connection.
Preflight checks for AWS Glue
Before running the AWS Glue crawler, you can run preflight checks to validate credentials and IAM permissions.
Preflight checks for ClickHouse
Before running the ClickHouse crawler, you can run preflight checks to perform the necessary technical validations.
Preflight checks for Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
Verify prerequisites before setting up the Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL connector
Preflight checks for Confluent Kafka
Before running the Confluent Kafka crawler, run preflight checks to perform necessary technical validations.
Preflight checks for Confluent Schema Registry
Before [running the Confluent Schema Registry crawler](/apps/connectors/schema/confluent-schema-registry/how-tos/crawl-confluent-schema-registry), you ca.
Preflight checks for Databricks
Before [running the Databricks crawler](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/databricks/how-tos/crawl-databricks), you can run [preflight checks](/product/co.
Preflight checks for DataStax Enterprise
Preflight checks for DataStax Enterprise
Preflight checks for dbt
This checks if manifest files are present in the provided bucket and prefix.
Preflight checks for Domo
Atlan uses the [DataSet API](https://developer.domo.com/portal/72ae9b3e80374-list-data-sets) to fetch dataset metadata from Domo.
Preflight checks for Fivetran
Learn about preflight checks for fivetran.
Preflight checks for Google BigQuery
Each request requires an OAuth 2.0 access token generated via the [service account key](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication#service-accounts).
Preflight checks for Hive
Before [running the Hive crawler](/apps/connectors/database/hive/how-tos/crawl-hive), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/concepts/what-a.
Preflight checks for Looker
First, the list of projects in the _Include Projects_ and _Exclude Projects_ fields is determined. Next, the [Query Projects](https://developers.looker.com/api/explorer/3.1/methods/Project#get_all_projects) REST API is used to fetch the actual list of projects for which the user has [view capability](https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/access-control-and-permission-management).
Preflight checks for Metabase
Before [running the Metabase crawler](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/metabase/how-tos/crawl-metabase), you can run [preflight checks](/product/co.
Preflight checks for Microsoft Azure Data Factory
Before [running the Microsoft Azure Data Factory crawler](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/microsoft-azure-data-factory/how-tos/crawl-microsoft-azure-data-fact.
Preflight checks for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics
This check is performed for both [basic](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics) and [service principal](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics) authentication method.
Preflight checks for Microsoft Fabric
Before [running the Microsoft Fabric crawler](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/microsoft-fabric/how-tos/crawl-microsoft-fabric), you can run.
Preflight checks for Microsoft Power BI
Before [running the Microsoft Power BI crawler](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/microsoft-power-bi/how-tos/crawl-microsoft-power-bi), you can run.
Preflight checks for Microsoft SQL Server
Before [running the Microsoft SQL Server crawler](/apps/connectors/database/microsoft-sql-server/how-tos/crawl-microsoft-sql-server), you can run [prefli.
Preflight checks for MicroStrategy
First, the list of projects in the _Include Projects_ and _Exclude Projects_ fields is determined. Next, the [Get Projects REST API](https://demo.microstrategy.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/api-docs/index.html#/Projects/getProjects_1) is used to fetch the actual list of projects for which the user has permissions.
Preflight checks for Mode
Before [running the Mode crawler](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/mode/how-tos/crawl-mode), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/co.
Preflight checks for MongoDB Atlas
Before running the MongoDB Atlas crawler, you can run preflight checks to verify the connected user has the required MongoDB privileges for metadata extraction.
Preflight checks for Monte Carlo
Before [running the Monte Carlo crawler](/apps/connectors/observability/monte-carlo/how-tos/crawl-monte-carlo), you can run [preflight checks](/product/c.
Preflight checks for MySQL
Before [running the MySQL crawler](/apps/connectors/database/mysql/how-tos/crawl-mysql), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/concepts/wha.
Preflight checks for NetSuite
The NetSuite SuiteTalk REST API is used to validate authentication and access permissions before crawling.
Preflight checks for Oracle
Before [running the Oracle crawler](/apps/connectors/database/oracle/how-tos/crawl-oracle), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/concepts/.
Preflight checks for PostgreSQL
Before [running the PostgreSQL crawler](/apps/connectors/database/postgresql/how-tos/crawl-postgresql), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connectio.
Preflight checks for PrestoSQL
Before [running the PrestoSQL crawler](/apps/connectors/database/prestosql/how-tos/crawl-prestosql), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/.
Preflight checks for Qlik Sense Cloud
This check tests for access to datasets and other Qlik objects.
Preflight checks for Redash
Before [running the Redash crawler](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/redash/how-tos/crawl-redash), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connecti.
Preflight checks for Redpanda Kafka
Before [running the Redpanda Kafka crawler](/apps/connectors/messaging/redpanda-kafka/how-tos/crawl-redpanda-kafka), you can run [preflight checks](/prod.
Preflight checks for Salesforce
Before [running the Salesforce crawler](/apps/connectors/crm/salesforce/how-tos/crawl-salesforce), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/co.
Preflight checks for SAP HANA
Preflight checks for SAP HANA
Preflight checks for Sigma
First, the list of workbooks in the _Include Workbooks_ and _Exclude Workbooks_ fields is determined. Next, the [List Workbooks](https://help.sigmacomputing.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408555666323) REST API is used to fetch the actual list of workbooks for which the user credentials have view permission.
Preflight checks for Sisense
Atlan uses the [Folders API](https://sisense.dev/guides/restApi/v1/?platform=linux&spec=L2023.6#/folders) to check if it's responding with a response status code 200.
Preflight checks for Snowflake
Before [running the Snowflake crawler](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/snowflake/how-tos/crawl-snowflake), you can run [preflight checks](/product/conne.
Preflight checks for Soda
Learn about preflight checks for soda
Preflight checks for Starburst Enterprise
Before running the Starburst Enterprise crawler, you can run preflight checks to perform the necessary technical validations.
Preflight checks for Tableau
The [Server Info](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref_server.htm#server_info) REST API is used to fetch the `restApiVersion` value.
Preflight checks for Teradata
Before [running the Teradata crawler](/apps/connectors/database/teradata/how-tos/crawl-teradata), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/con.
Preflight checks for Trino
Before [running the Trino crawler](/apps/connectors/database/trino/how-tos/crawl-trino), you can run [preflight checks](/product/connections/concepts/wha.
Provide SSL certificates
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption helps establish a secure connection between your data source and Atlan. Atlan currently supports SSL certificates for [crawling Tableau](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/tableau/how-tos/crawl-tableau) and [crawling Matillion](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/matillion/how-tos/crawl-matillion).
Set up a private network link to Amazon Athena
:::warning Who can do this? You will need your Amazon Athena or AWS administrator involved - you may not have access yourself to complete these steps.
Set up AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Configure authentication and connection settings for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL connector
Set up Amazon S3
Create AWS IAM permissions and credentials for Atlan to access and catalog your S3 buckets and objects.
Set up AWS Glue
Learn about set up aws glue.
Set up AWS SageMaker Unified Studio
Configure AWS authentication and IAM credentials to enable Atlan to integrate with AWS DataZone and SageMaker Catalog Unified Studio.
Set up BigID
Create a BigID system user and API token for Atlan integration.
Set up Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
Configure authentication and connection settings for Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL connector
Set up Cyera
Create a Cyera API token and obtain credentials for Atlan integration.
Set up DataStax Enterprise
Set up DataStax Enterprise
Set up dbt Cloud
Configure authentication tokens in dbt Cloud to enable Atlan to fetch and enrich your assets with dbt metadata.
Set up Domo
:::warning Who can do this? You'll need your Domo administrator to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself.
Set up Fivetran
Configure the Fivetran Platform Connector and destination to enable Atlan to extract Fivetran metadata and logs.
Set up Google BigQuery
You must be a Google BigQuery administrator to run these commands. For more information, see [Google Cloud's Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/granting-changing-revoking-access).
Set up Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog
Configure Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog connection and authentication by creating a service account with required permissions, or using Workload Identity Federation.
Set up Google Cloud Storage
Configure Google Cloud Storage for secure metadata ingestion with Atlan.
Set up Hightouch
Configure Hightouch roles, groups, and API keys to connect with Atlan.
Set up Hive
Configure permissions and authentication for Hive to enable metadata extraction in Atlan.
Set up IBM Cognos Analytics
:::warning Who can do this? You must be an IBM Cognos Analytics administrator to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself.
Set up Inventory reports
Create Inventory report for Amazon S3 in case of inventory based ingestion through the crawler.
Set up Looker
:::warning Who can do this? You probably need your Looker administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.
Set up Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
If your Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB deployment includes a mix of vCore- and RU-based accounts, you must configure both to fetch metadata. You can then use the _vCore and RU_ deployment option to [crawl your Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB assets](/apps/connectors/database/microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/how-tos/crawl-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db).
Set up Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics
Atlan supports crawling the following with the Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics package:.
Set up Microsoft SQL Server
Configure authentication and permissions for Microsoft SQL Server to enable Atlan to crawl metadata from your database.
Set up Mode
If you do not see the prompts to enter details for the user above, you are probably already signed in to Mode. Sign out of Mode first, and then accept the invite in the service account email.
Set up MongoDB (self-managed)
Atlan supports SCRAM authentication (SCRAM-SHA-1 and SCRAM-SHA-256) for fetching metadata from MongoDB. This method uses a [username and password](#create-database-user) to fetch metadata.
Set up MongoDB Atlas
Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from MongoDB. This method uses a username and password to fetch metadata
Set up Monte Carlo
:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your Monte Carlo [account owner](https://docs.getmontecarlo.com/docs/authorizationmanaged-roles-and-groups).
Set up on-premises database access
In such cases you may want to decouple the extraction of metadata from its ingestion in Atlan. This approach gives you full control over your resources and metadata transfer to Atlan.
Set up on-premises Databricks access
The Docker-based databricks-extractor offline tool has been sunset. For on-premises or network-restricted Databricks environments, use Self-Deployed Runtime, Secure Agent, or direct connectivity via private link.
Set up on-premises IBM Cognos Analytics access
:::warning Who can do this? You need access to a machine that can run Docker on-premises. You also need your IBM Cognos Analytics instance details, including credentials.
Set up on-premises Kafka access
In some cases you won't be able to expose your Kafka instance for Atlan to crawl and ingest metadata. For example, this may happen when security requirements restrict access to sensitive, mission-critical data.
Set up on-premises Looker access
In some cases you won't be able to expose your Looker instance for Atlan to crawl and ingest metadata. For example, this may happen when security requirements restrict access to sensitive, mission-critical data.
Set up on-premises Tableau access
In some cases you may not be able to expose your Tableau instance for Atlan to crawl and ingest metadata. For example, this may happen when security requirements restrict access to sensitive, mission-critical data.
Set up on-premises ThoughtSpot access
In some cases you will not be able to expose your ThoughtSpot instance for Atlan to crawl and ingest metadata. For example, this may happen when security requirements restrict access to sensitive, mission-critical data.
Set up PostgreSQL
:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your PostgreSQL administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.
Set up SAP HANA
:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your SAP HANA administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.
Set up Sisense
Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from Sisense. This method uses a username and password to fetch metadata.
Set up Snowflake
:::warning Who can do this? You need your Snowflake administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself. :::.
Set up Tableau
:::warning Who can do this? You probably need your Tableau administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.
Set up Teradata
:::warning Who can do this? You need your Teradata administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.
Set up ThoughtSpot
:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your ThoughtSpot instance administrator to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself.
Set up Workload Identity Federation
Configure Workload Identity Federation (WIF) to enable Atlan to authenticate with Google BigQuery without using service account keys.
Troubleshooting data models
What are the known limitations of data models in Atlan?
Troubleshooting lineage
So you've crawled your source, and mined the queries, but lineage is missing. Why?
Update column metadata in Google Sheets
Once you've [connected Atlan with Google Sheets](/product/integrations/collaboration/spreadsheets/how-tos/integrate-atlan-with-google-sheets), you can import the column metadata for all your data assets in Atlan and make changes to them directly in Google Sheets.
Update column metadata in Microsoft Excel
Once you've [connected Atlan with Microsoft Excel](/product/integrations/collaboration/spreadsheets/how-tos/integrate-atlan-with-microsoft-excel), you can import the column metadata for all your data assets in Atlan and make changes to them directly in Microsoft Excel.
view data models
Once you have [ingested your ER model assets in Atlan](/product/capabilities/data-models/concepts/what-are-data-models), you can:.
What Atlan crawls from Cyera
Reference guide for Cyera metadata crawled by Atlan.
What does Atlan crawl from Aiven Kafka?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Aiven Kafka.
What does Atlan crawl from AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
What does Atlan crawl from Amazon Athena?
During an Amazon Athena crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Columns. Reference tables map each Athena property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Amazon DynamoDB?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Amazon DynamoDB. Atlan also currently supports lineage between Amazon DynamoDB as a source to supported data warehouses as destinations, as enriched by Fivetran.
What does Atlan crawl from Amazon MSK?
During an Amazon MSK crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Topics and Consumer Groups. Reference tables map each Amazon MSK property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Amazon MWAA/OpenLineage?
Once you have [integrated Amazon MWAA/OpenLineage](/apps/connectors/lineage/amazon-mwaa-openlineage/how-tos/integrate-amazon-mwaa-openlineage), you can [.
What does Atlan crawl from Amazon QuickSight?
Atlan currently supports lineage for the Amazon QuickSight connector to the following data sources:.
What does Atlan crawl from Amazon Redshift?
During an Amazon Redshift crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Columns. Reference tables map each Redshift property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Amazon S3
Complete reference for the S3 assets and properties that Atlan crawls and maps during S3 cataloging.
What does Atlan crawl from Anaplan?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Anaplan.
What does Atlan crawl from Anomalo?
Once you have [integrated Anomalo](/apps/connectors/observability/anomalo/how-tos/integrate-anomalo), Atlan will receive webhook events when checks are executed in Anomalo. These checks will be cataloged in Atlan to create a relationship with existing assets using the association information from the check.
What does Atlan crawl from Apache Airflow/OpenLineage?
Once you have [integrated Apache Airflow/OpenLineage](/apps/connectors/lineage/apache-airflow-openlineage/how-tos/integrate-apache-airflow-openlineage),.
What does Atlan crawl from Apache Flink/OpenLineage?
Atlan maps the following assets and properties from Apache Flink/OpenLineage. Asset lineage support depends on the data sources that OpenLineage supports.
What does Atlan crawl from Apache Kafka?
During an Apache Kafka crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Clusters, Topics, Consumer Groups, Schema Subjects, Schema Versions, and Schema Fields. Reference tables map each Kafka property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Apache Spark/OpenLineage?
Atlan maps the following assets and properties from Apache Spark/OpenLineage. Asset lineage support depends on the data sources that OpenLineage supports.
What does Atlan crawl from Astronomer/OpenLineage?
Atlan maps the following assets and properties from Astronomer/OpenLineage. Asset lineage support depends on the [list of operators supported by OpenLineage](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-openlineage/1.6.0/supported_classes.html).
What does Atlan crawl from AWS Glue?
During an AWS Glue crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Catalogs, Databases, Schemas, Tables, and Jobs. Reference tables map each Glue property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from BigID?
Reference guide for BigID metadata crawled by Atlan.
What does Atlan crawl from ClickHouse?
During a ClickHouse crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Columns. Reference tables map each ClickHouse property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
What does Atlan crawl from Confluent Kafka?
During a Confluent Kafka crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Clusters, Topics, Consumer Groups, Schema Subjects, Schema Versions, and Schema Fields. Reference tables map each Confluent Kafka property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from CrateDB?
Complete list of CrateDB assets and metadata properties extracted by Atlan during crawling
What does Atlan crawl from Databricks?
During a Databricks crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, Materialized Views, Volumes, External Locations, and AI Models. Reference tables map each Databricks property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from DataStax Enterprise?
What does Atlan crawl from DataStax Enterprise?
What does Atlan crawl from Domo?
Atlan supports lineage for the following asset types:.
What does Atlan crawl from Fivetran?
During a Fivetran crawl, Atlan creates lineage between source and destination data assets and extracts metadata for Fivetran Connectors. Reference tables map each Fivetran Connector property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Google BigQuery?
Atlan doesn't run any table scans. Atlan leverages the table preview options from [Google BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/best-practices-costs#preview-data) that enable you to view data for free and without affecting any quotas using the `tabledata.list` API. Hence, [table](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/google-bigquery/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-google-bigquery#tables) asset previews in Atlan are already cost-optimized. However, this doesn't apply to [views](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/google-bigquery/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-google-bigquery#views) and [materialized views](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/google-bigquery/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-google-bigquery#materialized-views).
What does Atlan crawl from Google Cloud Composer/OpenLineage?
Atlan maps the following assets and properties from Google Cloud Composer/OpenLineage. Asset lineage support depends on the [list of operators supported by OpenLineage](https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-openlineage/1.6.0/supported_classes.html).
What does Atlan crawl from Google GCS
Complete reference for the GCS assets and properties that Atlan crawls and maps during GCS cataloging.
What does Atlan crawl from Hive?
During a Hive crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, Materialized Views, and Columns. Reference tables map each Hive property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from IBM Cognos Analytics?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from IBM Cognos Analytics.
What does Atlan crawl from Looker?
During a Looker crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Connections, Projects, Views, Models, Folders, Looks, Dashboards, Tiles, and Explores. Reference tables map each Looker property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Matillion?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Matillion.
What does Atlan crawl from Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?
Once you have [crawled Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB](/apps/connectors/database/microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/how-tos/crawl-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db), you can [.
What does Atlan crawl from Microsoft Azure Data Factory?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Microsoft Azure Data Factory.
What does Atlan crawl from Microsoft Azure Event Hubs?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Microsoft Azure Event Hubs.
What does Atlan crawl from Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?
During a Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Routines. Reference tables map each Azure Synapse property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Microsoft Power BI?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Microsoft Power BI.
What does Atlan crawl from Microsoft SQL Server?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Microsoft SQL Server.
What does Atlan crawl from MicroStrategy?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from MicroStrategy.
What does Atlan crawl from MongoDB (self-managed)?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from MongoDB (self-managed). Atlan currently doesn't support lineage for MongoDB (self-managed) assets.
What does Atlan crawl from MongoDB Atlas?
During a MongoDB crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Collections, and Columns. Reference tables map each MongoDB property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Monte Carlo?
What does Atlan crawl from Monte Carlo? <Badge variant="preview" text="Private Preview" link="/get-started/references/product-release-stages#private-preview" />
What does Atlan crawl from MySQL?
During a MySQL crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures. Reference tables map each MySQL property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from NetSuite?
Atlan crawls and maps NetSuite record types to tables and record fields to columns.
What does Atlan crawl from Oracle?
During an Oracle crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Procedures. Reference tables map each Oracle property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from PostgreSQL?
During a PostgreSQL crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Functions. Reference tables map each PostgreSQL property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from PrestoSQL?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from PrestoSQL.
What does Atlan crawl from Qlik Sense Cloud?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Qlik Sense Cloud.
What does Atlan crawl from Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows.
What does Atlan crawl from Redash?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Redash.
What does Atlan crawl from Redpanda Kafka?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Redpanda Kafka.
What does Atlan crawl from Salesforce?
During a Salesforce crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Organizations, Objects, Fields, Reports, and Dashboards. Reference tables map each Salesforce property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from SAP BW/4HANA?
What does Atlan crawl from SAP BW/4HANA? <Badge variant="preview" text="Private Preview" link="/get-started/references/product-release-stages#private-preview" />
What does Atlan crawl from SAP Datasphere
Assets, properties, and data type mappings that Atlan discovers and catalogs from SAP Datasphere.
What does Atlan crawl from SAP ECC?
What does Atlan crawl from SAP ECC? <Badge variant="preview" text="Public Preview" link="/get-started/references/product-release-stages#public-preview" />
What does Atlan crawl from SAP S/4HANA?
What does Atlan crawl from SAP S/4HANA? <Badge variant="preview" text="Public Preview" link="/get-started/references/product-release-stages#public-preview" />
What does Atlan crawl from Sisense?
During a Sisense crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Dashboards, Widgets, Data Models, Data Model Tables, and Folders. Reference tables map each Sisense property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from SMUS Catalog?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets from SageMaker Catalog Unified Studio.
What does Atlan crawl from Snowflake?
During a Snowflake crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Schemas, Tables, Views, and Procedures. Reference tables map each Snowflake property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Soda?
Atlan crawls datasets and then filters out all the datasets without any checks. It then crawls the checks associated with each of the datasets with checks from Soda. These checks are cataloged in Atlan to create a relationship with existing assets using the association information from the dataset.
What does Atlan crawl from Starburst Enterprise?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Starburst Enterprise.
What does Atlan crawl from Tableau?
During a Tableau crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Projects, Workbooks, Worksheets, Dashboards, Datasources, and Flows. Reference tables map each Tableau property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from Teradata?
During a Teradata crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Schemas, Tables, Views, and Columns. Reference tables map each Teradata property to its Atlan asset.
What does Atlan crawl from ThoughtSpot?
Once you've [crawled ThoughtSpot](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/thoughtspot/how-tos/crawl-thoughtspot), you can [use connector-specific filters].
What does Atlan crawl from Trino?
Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Trino.
What lineage does Atlan extract from Matillion?
Atlan uses Matillion's metadata API to generate lineage associated with [Matillion connectors](https://www.matillion.com/connectors). This is particularly useful for creating lineage between different tools.
What lineage does Atlan extract from Microsoft Azure Data Factory?
Microsoft Azure Data Factory REST API reference for lineage extracted into Atlan.
What lineage does Atlan extract from Microsoft Power BI?
This document helps you understand how Atlan generates lineage to upstream SQL sources for your Microsoft Power BI assets using a custom query parser, and the steps you can take while developing reports and dashboards in Microsoft Power BI to create seamless lineage generation.
When does Atlan become a personal data processor or subprocessor?
Atlan personnel do not have access to any customer instance unless specifically provided by the customer. Accordingly, in the event that a customer instance contains personal data and Atlan personnel are provided access to that instance, Atlan may act as a personal data processor. In addition, depending on whether the customer is a data controller or processor, Atlan may act as a data processor or subprocessor, respectively.
Why does the description from Salesforce not show up in Atlan?
Atlan supports extracting and displaying description metadata for your [Salesforce objects](/apps/connectors/crm/salesforce/references/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-salesforce).