Subscribe to a Data Source
View my data sources
Click on the Data Source icon in the navigation menu.
By default, all data sources will be displayed.
Opt to filter the data sources by your access, the backing technology, or the health of the data sources using filters.
To view the overview details of a data source, click on the arrow icon for the data source, or open the data source details page.
Subscribe to a data source
Click the Get Access button from either the data sources list page or the data source overview tab, which can be accessed by clicking on the Data Source.
If prompted, select the access type you would like to request (READ or WRITE), and then fill out the set up by the system admin and click Request Access.
A notification will be sent to the data owners informing them of your request.
Bulk access requests
To request access to multiple data sources simultaneously,
Navigate to the data sources list page.
Select the checkboxes for the data sources you want to subscribe to.
Manually run health jobs
If a data source health check fails and needs to be re-generated,
From the Data Source list page, select the data source you want to re-run the health check on.
Click the health indicator on the data source. If the health check failed, it will be Not Healthy.
Select Re-run on the job you want to run.
Note: To generate a fingerprint, the data source must be a Snowflake data source and the row count must be up-to-date.
View the data dictionary
To view the data dictionary,
Select the data source from the data source list page.
Navigate to the Data Dictionary tab.
The data dictionary will display and include the column’s name, type, and tags. Masked columns will display a symbol next to their names.
View data source contact information
Contact information for data owners is provided for each data source, which allows other users to ask them questions about accessibility and attributes required for viewing the data.
To view this contact information, click the Contacts tab.
Search for data sources
Immuta's UI provides a list of all data sources visible to the current user. Users can search for data sources by keyword, tag, column, connection string, or global policy name.
To access a list of all data sources, click the Data Sources icon in the navigation menu.
To search for data sources by keyword, type a keyword into the search box, and hit enter. If the list of results is empty, then no data sources with names matching that keyword currently exist.
To search for data sources by tag, column, connection string, or global policy name, type the relevant name into the search box and select the tag, column, connection string
Create a data source search filter
Data source search filters allow users to codify complex, recurring search criteria into a shared asset that can be used by any other user. This eliminates the need for team members to repeatedly reconstruct identical search queries for frequent tasks inside Immuta.
To create a new data source search filter,
Type your search criteria into the Global Search bar and hit enter.
Review and refine the resulting list of data sources from your search, and then click Save Search Filter.
In the dialog box, type in a Name for your search filter and then confirm by clicking Save.
To view existing data source search filters,
Click into the Global Search bar.
Any available search filters will be displayed in the dropdown.
To delete a data source search filter,
Click into the Global Search bar.
Any search filters that the current user is allowed to delete will be displayed with an ✖️ in the dropdown. Click ✖️ next to the search filter you want to delete.