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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 will enrich 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.

Atlan AI security

Atlan uses [Azure OpenAI Service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/products/cognitive-services/openai-service) to power Atlan AI. Specifically, Atlan uses GPT-4o, a large, pretrained AI model.

Attach a tag

Atlan allows users to add [tags](/product/capabilities/governance/tags/concepts/what-are-tags) to assets. You can use them to identify key characteristics of assets or group them together for usage or data protection.

Automate data profiling

➕ Premium feature! This feature will be a paid addition. Reach out to your customer success manager for more information.

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 query any DW/DL?

You can query any data warehouse (DW) or data lake (DL) if the integration is supported via Atlan's [supported sources](/product/connections/references/supported-sources#data-sources). Once integrated, you will be able to query the underlying data using the [Insights](/product/capabilities/insights/how-tos/query-data) feature.

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.

Connect on-premises databases to Kubernetes

You can configure and use [Atlan's metadata-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/database/on-premises-databases/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-database-access) to extract metadata from on-premises databases with Kubernetes deployment architecture, as an alternative to using Docker Compose.

Crawl Aiven Kafka

Once you have [configured the Aiven Kafka permissions](/apps/connectors/messaging/aiven-kafka/how-tos/set-up-aiven-kafka), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Aiven Kafka.

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

Once you have [configured the Amazon DynamoDB permissions](/apps/connectors/database/amazon-dynamodb/how-tos/set-up-amazon-dynamodb), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Amazon DynamoDB.

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

Once you have [configured the Amazon QuickSight permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/amazon-quicksight/how-tos/set-up-amazon-quicksight),.

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 AWS Glue

Once you have configured the [AWS Glue access permissions](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/aws-glue/how-tos/set-up-aws-glue), you can establish a connection between Atlan and AWS Glue.

Crawl BigID

Configure and run the Atlan BigID workflow to crawl metadata from BigID.

Crawl Confluent Schema Registry

Once you have [configured the Confluent Schema Registry access permissions](/apps/connectors/schema/confluent-schema-registry/how-tos/set-up-confluent-schema-registry), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Confluent Schema Registry.

Crawl CrateDB

Configure and run the CrateDB crawler to extract metadata from your database

Crawl Databricks

To crawl metadata from your Databricks instance, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.

Crawl DataStax Enterprise

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Crawl dbt

Once you have [configured a dbt Cloud service token](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/dbt/how-tos/set-up-dbt-cloud) or [uploaded your dbt Core project files to S3](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/dbt/how-tos/set-up-dbt-core), you can crawl dbt metadata into Atlan.

Crawl Domo

Once you have [configured the Domo permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/domo/how-tos/set-up-domo), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Domo.

Crawl Google BigQuery

Once you have configured the [Google BigQuery user permissions](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/google-bigquery/how-tos/set-up-google-bigquery), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Google BigQuery.

Crawl Hive

To crawl metadata from Hive, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.

Crawl IBM Cognos Analytics

Once you have [configured the IBM Cognos Analytics permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/ibm-cognos-analytics/how-tos/set-up-ibm-cognos-analytics), you can establish a connection between Atlan and IBM Cognos Analytics.

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

Once you have [configured the Matillion user permissions](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/matillion/how-tos/set-up-matillion), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Matillion.

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

Once you have [configured the Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB permissions](/apps/connectors/database/microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB.

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

Once you have [configured the Microsoft Azure Event Hubs permissions](/apps/connectors/messaging/microsoft-azure-event-hubs/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-azure-event-hubs), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Microsoft Azure Event Hubs.

Crawl Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

Once you have [configured the Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics permissions](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics.

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

Once you have configured the [Microsoft SQL Server user permissions](/apps/connectors/database/microsoft-sql-server/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-sql-server),.

Crawl MicroStrategy

Once you have [configured the MicroStrategy permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/microstrategy/how-tos/set-up-microstrategy), you can establish a connection between Atlan and MicroStrategy.

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

Once you have [configured the MongoDB permissions](/apps/connectors/database/mongodb/how-tos/set-up-mongodb), you can establish a connection between Atlan and MongoDB.

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 on-premises databases

Once you have [set up the metadata-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/database/on-premises-databases/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-database-access), you can extract metadata from your on-premises databases using the following steps.

Crawl on-premises Databricks

Once you have [set up the databricks-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/database/on-premises-databases/references/supported-connections-for-on-premises-databases), you can extract metadata from your on-premises Databricks instances by completing the following steps.

Crawl on-premises IBM Cognos Analytics

Once you have [set up the cognos-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/ibm-cognos-analytics/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-ibm-cognos-analytics-access), you can extract metadata from your on-premises IBM Cognos Analytics instances by completing the following steps.

Crawl on-premises Kafka

Once you have [set up the kafka-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/messaging/on-premises-event-buses/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-kafka-access), you can extract metadata from your on-premises Kafka instances by completing the following steps.

Crawl on-premises Looker

Once you have [set up the looker-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/looker/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-looker-access), you can extract metadata from your on-premises Looker instances using the following steps.

Crawl on-premises Tableau

Once you have [set up the tableau-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/tableau/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-tableau-access), you can extract metadata from your on-premises Tableau instances by completing the following steps.

Crawl on-premises ThoughtSpot

Once you have [set up the thoughtspot-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/thoughtspot/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-thoughtspot-access),.

Crawl Oracle

Once you have configured the [Oracle user permissions](/apps/connectors/database/oracle/how-tos/set-up-oracle#create-user-in-oracle), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Oracle.

Crawl PostgreSQL

To crawl metadata from PostgreSQL, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.

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

Once you have [configured the Qlik Sense Cloud permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/qlik-sense-cloud/how-tos/set-up-qlik-sense-cloud), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Qlik Sense Cloud.

Crawl Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows

Once you have [configured the Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/qlik-sense-enterprise-on-windows/how-tos/how-.

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

Once you have [configured the Redpanda Kafka permissions](/apps/connectors/messaging/redpanda-kafka/how-tos/set-up-redpanda-kafka), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Redpanda Kafka.

Crawl Salesforce

Once you have configured the [Salesforce user permissions](/apps/connectors/crm/salesforce/how-tos/set-up-salesforce), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Salesforce.

Crawl SAP ECC

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Crawl SAP HANA

Once you have [configured the SAP HANA permissions](/apps/connectors/database/sap-hana/how-tos/set-up-sap-hana), you can establish a connection between Atlan and SAP HANA.

Crawl SAP S/4HANA

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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

Once you have [configured the Sisense permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/sisense/how-tos/set-up-sisense), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Sisense.

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 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 Tableau

To crawl metadata from Tableau, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.

Crawl Teradata

Once you have configured the [Teradata user permissions](/apps/connectors/database/teradata/how-tos/set-up-teradata), you can establish a connection between Atlan and Teradata.

Crawl ThoughtSpot

Once you have [configured the ThoughtSpot permissions](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/thoughtspot/how-tos/set-up-thoughtspot), you can establish a connection between Atlan and ThoughtSpot.

Crawl Trino

To crawl metadata from Trino, review the [order of operations](/product/connections/how-tos/order-workflows) and then complete the following steps.

Create announcements

Adding an announcement to your data asset helps you call attention to an important feature or notify others about a change coming down the pipeline. Since announcements in Atlan display the time stamp and author information, you can easily identify whether an announcement is still relevant and who to ask for questions.

Data Insights

Learn how to connect business intelligence and data quality tools to Atlan. Explore popular BI and observability connectors to build a unified data insights ecosystem.

Data Models

Data models provide a framework to describe how data is structured, organized, and related within a system. It acts as a blueprint for organizations to design their business applications and processes. Data models can be of different types: relational, hierarchical, entity relationship, and network.

Data Pipelines

Learn how to connect your data pipelines to Atlan. Explore ETL tools, workflow orchestration, and lineage tracking to build a comprehensive view of your data movement.

Data Sources

Learn how to connect your data sources to Atlan. Explore popular connectors, integration patterns, and best practices for building a unified data ecosystem.

Disable data access

:::warning Who can do this? You will need to be an admin user in Atlan to configure these options.

Discovery FAQs

Frequently asked questions about Atlan's Discovery capabilities.

Download impacted assets in Microsoft Excel

Once you've [connected Atlan with Microsoft Excel](/product/integrations/collaboration/spreadsheets/how-tos/integrate-atlan-with-microsoft-excel), you can download impacted assets in Microsoft Excel. This can help you assess the downstream impact of any changes made to an upstream asset for [impact analysis](/product/capabilities/lineage/concepts/what-is-lineage#impact-analysis).

Enable Snowflake OAuth

Atlan supports [Snowflake OAuth-based authentication](https://docs.snowflake.com/user-guide/oauth-snowflake-overview) for [Snowflake](/apps/connectors/data-ware.

Enable SSO for Amazon Redshift

You will need to [create a client application in Okta](https://help.okta.com/en-us/Content/Topics/Apps/Apps_App_Integration_Wizard_OIDC.htm) to use for [configuring the identity provider in AWS](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/amazon-redshift/how-tos/enable-sso-for-amazon-redshift).

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

Once you have [crawled assets from Databricks](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/databricks/how-tos/crawl-databricks), you can retrieve lineage from [Unity Catalog](https://docs.databricks.com/data-governance/unity-catalog/index.html) and [usage and popularity metrics](/product/capabilities/usage-and-popularity/how-tos/interpret-usage-metrics) from [query history](https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/queryhistory/list) or system tables. This is supported for all [three authentication methods](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/databricks/how-tos/set-up-databricks): personal access token, AWS service principal, and Azure service principal.

extract on-premises Databricks lineage

Once you have [set up the databricks-extractor tool](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/databricks/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-databricks-lineage-extraction), you can extract lineage from your on-premises Databricks instances by completing the following steps.

find assets by usage

➕ Premium feature! This feature will be a paid addition. Reach out to your customer success manager for more information.

Implement OpenLineage in Airflow operators

If you're using an Airflow operator supported by OpenLineage, the OpenLineage events will contain input and output details. This means that you do not have to modify your current DAG implementation and Atlan will be able to generate data lineage.

Integrate Amazon MWAA/OpenLineage

To learn more about OpenLineage, refer to [OpenLineage configuration and facets](/product/connections/references/openlineage-configuration-and-facets).

Integrate Apache Airflow/OpenLineage

To integrate Apache Airflow/OpenLineage with Atlan, complete the following steps. To learn more about OpenLineage, refer to [OpenLineage configuration and facets](/product/connections/references/openlineage-configuration-and-facets).

Integrate Apache Spark/OpenLineage

Atlan extracts job-level operational metadata from Apache Spark and generates job lineage through OpenLineage. To learn more about OpenLineage, refer to [OpenLineage configuration and facets](/product/connections/references/openlineage-configuration-and-facets).

Integrate Atlan with Microsoft Excel

The Atlan add-in for Microsoft Excel makes it easy to enrich metadata in bulk for your data assets in Atlan. You can use the Atlan add-in for both the web and desktop versions of Microsoft Excel.

Integrate Jira Data Center

You will need to [configure an incoming link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/configure-an-incoming-link-1115659067.html) with an external application - in this case, Atlan. This will allow Atlan to access Jira data, which means that Jira will act as the OAuth provider.

Integrate ServiceNow

If your Atlan admin has [enabled the governance workflows and inbox module](/product/capabilities/governance/stewardship/how-tos/automate-data-governance) in your Atlan workspace, you can create a ServiceNow integration to allow your users to [grant or revoke data access](/product/capabilities/governance/stewardship/how-tos/automate-data-governance) for governed assets in Atlan or any other data source.

interpret usage metrics

➕ Premium feature! This feature will be a paid addition. Reach out to your customer success manager for more information.

Link your account

To [export assets to and bulk enrich metadata from](/product/integrations/collaboration/spreadsheets/how-tos/export-assets) a supported spreadsheet tool,.

Link your ServiceNow account

To request or revoke data access through ServiceNow inside Atlan, you may first need to link your ServiceNow account. This is done automatically for the user that [set up the ServiceNow integration](/product/integrations/project-management/servicenow/how-tos/integrate-servicenow), but not for other users.

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 Google BigQuery tags

Atlan imports your [Google BigQuery tags](https://docs.getdbt.com/references/resource-configs/tags) and allows you to 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.

Migrate from dbt to Atlan action

The dbt-action is a custom action designed to perform impact analysis on changes to your dbt models in a [GitHub](/apps/connectors/etl-tools/dbt/how-tos/.

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 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 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 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 Anomalo

This check tests for the validity of the [host name URL and API key](/apps/connectors/observability/anomalo/how-tos/integrate-anomalo) you provided. If Atlan is unable to connect to your Anomalo instance, this may indicate that your credentials are either incorrect or invalid.

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 Domo

Atlan uses the [DataSet API](https://developer.domo.com/portal/72ae9b3e80374-list-data-sets) to fetch dataset metadata from Domo.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 only supports SSL certificates for [crawling Tableau](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/tableau/how-tos/crawl-tableau).

Schedule a query

You must [save your query](/product/capabilities/insights/how-tos/save-and-share-queries) before you can schedule it. Your [SMTP configuration](/product/integrations/communication/smtp-and-announcements/how-tos/configure-smtp) must also be in a working state to send results to recipients.

Search and discover assets

Atlan is a living catalog of all your data assets and knowledge. It lets you quickly discover and access your data, along with the tribal knowledge and business context.

Security

The Secure Agent is designed with multiple security controls to protect metadata, credentials, and communication between systems. This document outlines its security mechanisms across authentication, encryption, container security, network security, and logging and monitoring.

Security and Compliance

Complete guide to Atlan's security features, compliance certifications, and data protection capabilities.

Set up Aiven Kafka

Atlan supports the [S3 extraction method](/apps/connectors/messaging/on-premises-event-buses/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-kafka-access) for fetching metadata from Aiven Kafka. This method uses Atlan's kafka-extractor tool to fetch metadata.

Set up Amazon Redshift

:::warning Who can do this? You will need your Amazon Redshift administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.

Set up Amazon S3

Create AWS IAM permissions and credentials for Atlan to access and catalog your S3 buckets and objects.

Set up an Azure private network link to Databricks

For all details, see [Databricks documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/administration-guide/cloud-configurations/azure/private-link-simplified?source=recommendations#create-the-workspace-and-private-endpoints-in-the-azure-portal-ui).

Set up Anomalo

Atlan supports the API authentication method for fetching metadata from [Anomalo](https://docs.anomalo.com/integrations/atlan-integration). This method uses an API key to fetch metadata.

Set up BigID

Create a BigID system user and API token for Atlan integration.

Set up Confluent Kafka

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

Set up Confluent Schema Registry

:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your Schema Registry administrator to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself.

Set up Databricks

Atlan supports three authentication methods for fetching metadata from Databricks. You can set up any of the following authentication methods:.

Set up DataStax Enterprise

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Set up dbt Cloud

:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your dbt Cloud administrator to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself.

Set up Domo

:::warning Who can do this? You will need your Domo administrator to complete these steps - you may not have access yourself.

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 Hive

:::warning Who can do this? You will need your Hadoop administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.

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 Matillion

Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from Matillion. This method uses a username and password to fetch metadata.

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 Data Factory

Atlan supports service principal authentication for fetching metadata from Microsoft Azure Data Factory. This method requires a client ID, client secret, and tenant ID to fetch metadata.

Set up Microsoft Power BI

This guide outlines how to set up Microsoft Power BI so it can connect with Atlan for metadata extraction and lineage tracking.

Set up Microsoft SQL Server

:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your Microsoft SQL Server administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.

Set up MicroStrategy

Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from MicroStrategy. This method uses a username and password to fetch metadata.

Set up MongoDB

Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from MongoDB. This method uses a [username and password](#create-database-user-in-mongodb) 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 MySQL

:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your MySQL administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.

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

In some cases you will not be able to expose your Databricks 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 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 Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics miner access

In some cases you will not be able to expose your Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics instance for Atlan to [mine query history from the Query Store](/apps/connectors/data-warehouses/microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics/how-tos/set-up-microsoft-azure-synapse-analytics). 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 Teradata miner access

In some cases you will not be able to expose your Teradata instance for Atlan to mine query history. 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 Oracle

:::warning Who can do this? You need your Oracle database administrator or a similar role to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.

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 Redash

:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your Redash administrator to complete the following steps - you may not have access yourself.

Set up Redpanda Kafka

Atlan supports the [S3 extraction method](/apps/connectors/messaging/on-premises-event-buses/how-tos/set-up-on-premises-kafka-access) for fetching metadata from Redpanda Kafka. This method uses Atlan's kafka-extractor tool to fetch metadata.

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 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 -.

Set up Tableau

:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your Tableau administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.

Set up Teradata

:::warning Who can do this? You will probably need your Teradata administrator to run these commands - you may not have access yourself.

Star assets

:::warning Who can do this? Anyone with access to Atlan - admin, member, or guest user - can star assets.

Tags and Metadata Management

Complete guide to managing tags, classifications, and metadata in Atlan for effective data governance and organization.

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.

Use the filters menu

You can refine the search for your assets in Atlan using the filters menu. Add filters to your asset search to find assets that are more relevant to you.

view data models

Once you have [ingested your ER model assets in Atlan](/product/capabilities/data-models/concepts/what-are-data-models), you can:.

view query logs

You can also view additional details and run status for each query and use filters to track specific queries. Query logs are persisted throughout the lifecycle of the Atlan instance for your organization.

What are Power BI processes on the lineage graph?

Note that process entities may not have a counterpart entity in Microsoft Power BI. Consider these to be nodes that you can enrich with metadata to describe the process or relationship between two Microsoft Power BI assets.

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 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 Google BigQuery?

Atlan does **not** 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 allow 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 does not 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 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 is the default permission for a glossary?

By default, users can search and discover [glossaries](/product/capabilities/governance/glossary/concepts/what-is-a-glossary) in Atlan, irrespective of their user role. The rationale being that glossaries are meant to be accessible to all users who want to understand business context. You can define a [glossary policy](/product/capabilities/governance/custom-metadata/how-tos/control-access-metadata-data#glossary-policies) to control what users can do with glossary metadata and [create a persona](/product/capabilities/governance/access-control/how-tos/create-a-persona) to curate edit access.

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 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 ensure 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 is lineage available for table level but not column level?

The home icon on top of any asset on the [lineage graph](/product/capabilities/lineage/how-tos/view-lineage) indicates the current asset in focus. The lineage view will be different based on the asset you're viewing. To view column-level lineage for [supported sources](/product/connections/references/supported-sources), click **view columns** and then select a column to view data flows for that particular asset.

Workflows and Data Processing

Everything about managing data workflows, understanding lineage generation, and optimizing data processing pipelines in Atlan.