Before You Begin
Connections are an improvement from the existing process for not only onboarding your data sources but also managing the integration. However, there are some differences between the two processes that should be noted and understood before you start with the upgrade.
API changes: See the API changes pages for a complete breakdown of the APIs that will not work once you begin the upgrade. These changes will mostly affect users with automated API calls around schema monitoring and data source registration.
Automated data source names: Previously, you could name data sources manually. However, data sources from connections are automatically named using the information (database, schema, table) from your data platform.
Schema projects phased out: With integrations, many settings and the connection info for data sources were controlled in the schema project. This functionality is no longer needed with connections and now you can control connection details in a central spot.
New hierarchy display: With integrations, tables were brought in as data sources and presented as a flat list on the data source list page. With connections, databases and schemas are displayed as objects too.
Change from schema monitoring to object sync: Object metadata synchronization between Immuta and your data platform is no longer optional but always required:
If schema monitoring is off before the upgrade: Once the connection is registered, everything the system user can see will be pulled into Immuta and, if it didn't already exist in Immuta, it will be an inactive object. These inactive objects exist so you can see them, but policy is not protecting the objects, and they will not appear as data sources.
If schema monitoring is on before the upgrade: Once the connection is registered, everything the system user can see will be pulled into Immuta. If it already existed in Immuta, it will be an active object and continue to appear as data source.
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