Data sources

A Data source in Bobsled connection to the data provider's data location, a bucket containing files, or a data warehouse with tables. You can set up Sources in Bobsled to access the data you want to send to a consumer via a Share. Once you have a source set up, you can easily configure a share to use it so a single source can be used across multiple shares and consumers.

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What you can see and do will differ based on your role and permissions.

Overview

By default, the Data sources page allows you to view:

• Name: An internal-only name given to a data source

• Source: The product source (e.g., Amazon S3, Snowflake, etc.)

• Region: The cloud platform’s region

• Status: Information at a glance about the status of the data source

• Created by: Who is the author of the connection, user, or programmatic

• Test connection: An ad hoc action that performs a test and checks the state of the connection

• More options (ellipsis icon):

  • View: Read-only details about the data source

  • Edit: Make changes to the source connection details

  • Delete: Remove the connection from Bobsled

  • Source ID Unique identifier for that Source. Check our API documentation ↗ for more information on how to use it to create and manage Shares programmatically.

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Bobsled offers the feature to configure which columns are available for you to use.
You can also quickly and easily filter the table headers to find information you’re looking for. Simply hover the table column you’d like to filter, click on the more icon and select Filter.

Data source status

Bobsled provides information at a glance about your source connection—note that these may not all be observed, depending on your specific Source. These are organized in the following manner:

• Created (gray): The source connection has been created in Bobsled—the setup is incomplete or there is a grace period before the next status

• Setting up (blue): The initial connection to a given source

• Indexing (blue): Currently indexing data—this may impact the data selection during creating or editing a data transfer

• Connected (green): The data source is connected without errors, and is available to be selected and used in a given share

• Error (red): There is an issue with the connection or credentials regarding this source connection.

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The ‘Error’ state can be troubleshooted by clicking on the Test connection button. Once it performs the test, it will relay information about the source error. If the problem persists, reach out to your account team to assist you.

Create a new data source connection

1. From the side panel, click Data sources, and click the Add source button.

2. Enter a human-readable name, choose your product, cloud platform (if applicable), region, and select continue

3. Provide the information required—follow our source setup guides for more in-depth details

4. Once all the information has been added and no errors are observed, click save

Once your data source is in the Active state, you can use it to create a Share and a Data transfer.

Troubleshooting a data source

When a connection to a data source transfer fails, Bobsled will relay details about the error either immediately, or by clicking the test connection button. These details will reiterate at what step in your source connection has failed. Check the Sources setup guides for more details.

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If the trouble persists, please reach out to your account team so they can assist you.

View source connection

To view the contents of a source connection without making any changes,

1. From the side panel, click Data sources

2. Locate the source you wish to observe, click on the click on on the more icon (ellipsis) and select View

3. Click the close icon once you’re done.

Edit source connection

To view the contents of a source connection:

1. From the side panel, click Data sources

2. Locate the source you wish to edit, click on the click the more icon (ellipsis), and select Edit

3. Follow the wizard, and once done, click on the Update button.

Delete source connection

To delete a source connection, follow the steps.

1. From the side panel, click Data sources

2. Locate the source you wish to edit, click on the click on on the more icon (ellipsis) and select Delete

3. In the dialog, you will be warned about the impact it has on any existing Shares. If sure, click the Yes, delete button