Data sources
Connect the enterprise data behind your Data Collections. The /data-sources page in the product has up to three tabs: Catalog (the providers you can connect), Connected (the data sources your workspace has set up), and Profiles (Snowflake profiles, workspace admins only).
Audience: IT (the enabler), workspace admins, and team admins
Who can manage data sources
Workspace admins and the current active team's admin can connect data sources. Non-admins see a hard-block surface naming the admins who can help.
Where new connections land. New data sources land in the active team. Snowflake profiles remain workspace-wide. The page subtitle calls this out for the people who can see it.
Supported providers
The Catalog ships ten provider connectors. Each has its own connection composer with provider-specific fields.
| Provider | Category |
|---|---|
| Snowflake | Cloud warehouse |
| Postgres | Relational database |
| TimescaleDB | Time-series database |
| BigQuery | Serverless warehouse |
| Databricks | Lakehouse SQL |
| Redshift | Cloud warehouse |
| MySQL | Relational database |
| ClickHouse | Columnar analytics |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Enterprise database |
| Oracle | Enterprise database |
Snowflake has a dedicated dialog and the additional Profiles tab. The other nine share a composer pattern: pick the provider on the Catalog tab, fill the provider-specific form, save.
Capability profile
Data sources are Read-only by design. The platform reads from the source into Data Collections; nothing flows the other way through this surface. Use an integration when you need Write, Triggers, or Reply.
How builders use a data source
Once IT has connected a data source, a builder building a Data Collection picks the data source on the collection's Setup tab. Multiple sources can blend into one collection. See Adding data sources.
What this article will cover
- The Catalog: ten provider connectors and their categories
- Connecting a non-Snowflake provider with its composer
- Connecting Snowflake (dedicated dialog)
- Snowflake Profiles (workspace admins only)
- Where new connections land (workspace versus active team)
- Credentials, scopes, and rotation
- The Connected tab: state, errors, and refresh
- Removing a data source and what that affects