FAQ from Secoda
What is Secoda?
Secoda is an AI-powered data management platform that provides a comprehensive solution for data discovery, cataloging, lineage, and documentation. It helps analytics engineers and modern data teams to efficiently search, understand, and utilize their data.
How to use Secoda?
To use Secoda, sign up for an account and log in. Once logged in, you can connect your data sources to Secoda through integrations with various data warehouses and BI tools. After connecting your data sources, you can explore and search your data using AI-powered contextual search. Additionally, you can generate documentation, create data requests, analyze data, manage access control, and collaborate with team members.
What are the benefits of using a data portal?
Secoda's data portal improves data literacy, enables faster onboarding to data, and provides better visibility and governance of data.
Does Secoda have an API?
Yes, Secoda has an API for various functionalities such as documentation, catalog, lineage, and more.
Does Secoda integrate with Okta or Active Directory?
Yes, Secoda integrates with Okta and Active Directory for managing permissions and access control.
Which data warehouse tools can I integrate with Secoda?
Secoda integrates with Snowflake, Big Query, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and S3.
Which BI tools can I integrate with Secoda?
Secoda integrates with Tableau, Looker, Metabase, Redash, Mode, Sigma, Power BI, and Google Data Studio.
Does Secoda work with dbt?
Yes, Secoda works with both dbt Cloud and Core, bringing in YAML file information, tests, tags, metrics, and column level lineage.
Does Secoda automate data lineage?
Secoda automates column and table level data lineage, along with tests, events, and ETL lineage. Users can also contribute to lineage manually using the API.
Does Secoda include data monitoring or quality features?
Secoda doesn't have native data monitoring or quality features, but it can integrate with tools like great expectations and dbt tests for data monitoring within the lineage UI.
Does Secoda integrate with Git?
Yes, Secoda integrates with Git and provides version control for all changes made in Secoda, allowing rollbacks and easy review of workspace changes.
What metadata does Secoda extract?
Secoda extracts metadata about your data, including resource names, popularity, lineage, queries, descriptions, and frequent usage.