Managing data source connections
You can manage the data source connections that you own. You can edit or delete a connection, or share it with community members.
- Required roles to complete this task
- Collaborator roles: Editor or Admin
To edit, share, or delete your connections:
- From the navigation menu, choose Administration > Configurations and settings > Connections.
- From the row's Actions menu
, choose Edit, Share, or Delete.
If no connections are listed, you can create one by clicking New connection. For more information, see Connectors for Data Product Hub. Note that platform connections are not available on Data Product Hub.
Deleting a connection
When you delete a connection, any future subscriptions that use the connection will fail.
You cannot delete a connection that is currently used by a published data product. To delete a connection that is currently in use, you must first retire the data products that use the connection. See Managing data products for instructions on how to retire a data product.
Sharing a connection
You can share connections that you own with community members who can then use them to create and deliver data products. You can share connections with any community member who has the Editor or Admin roles. You cannot share a connection with a user group.
When you share a connection with a community member, they edit the connection with their personal credentials.
To share a connection:
- From the Connections tab, click the row's Actions menu and select Share. If the connection
was previously shared, those members are listed.
- Click Share with members to list the community members who are eligible to use the connection.
- Choose one or more members and click Save to share your connection.
When a connection is shared, the member can view the connection information. They cannot view the credentials of any other user, including the functional credentials that are entered by the connection owner when the connection is created.
If the member's role changes to Viewer, sharing access for connections is removed.
To remove sharing access:
When you stop sharing for a connection, the user whose access was removed cannot create and publish new data products using that connection. However, existing published data products using the connection can be delivered.
- Select Share from the row's Actions menu . The members who are currently sharing the connection are listed.
- Checkmark the member and choose Stop sharing access to remove sharing access.
Creating a data product with a shared connection
If a connection has been shared with you, the connection will appear in your list of connections. You can use that connection to create and deliver data products.
Before using a shared connection to create and deliver a data product, you must enter your personal credentials.
To enter your credentials for a connection:
- From the navigation menu, choose Administration > Configurations and settings > Connections.
- Select Edit from the row's Actions menu .
- Select the authentication method.
- Enter your service credentials.
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Parent topic: Setting up and administering Data Product Hub