Connect your data sources to make them available across projects in your Orion workspace.
Accessing Data Sources
- Go to Configuration in the left-hand navigation menu
- Select the Data Sources tab
How Data Sources Work
Data sources are configured at the workspace level and made globally available:
- Workspace-level setup - Administrators connect data sources once in Configuration
- Global availability - All connected data sources are available to every user
- Project-level selection - Each project can choose which data sources to use
- Multiple data sources - A project can connect to multiple data sources simultaneously
Supported Data Sources
Orion currently supports connections to:
- BigQuery - Google’s data warehouse platform
- Looker - Data visualization and analytics platform
- Power BI - Microsoft’s business intelligence tool
- Snowflake - Cloud data platform
- DBT Semantic Layer - Data transformation and semantic layer
- Shopify - E-commerce platform
- Google Analytics - Web analytics platform
- Postgres - Open-source relational database
Adding a Data Source
As an administrator, you can:
- Click the option to add a new data source
- Select the type of data source from the supported list
- Provide the necessary connection credentials and configuration
- Save the connection
The data source is now available for all users to select when setting up projects.
Managing Data Sources
Administrators can:
- Update credentials - Change connection details if needed
- Monitor status - Check the health of data source connections
- Remove data sources - Disconnect data sources from the workspace
- View usage - See which projects are using each data source
Start with one or two data sources and expand as your team’s analytical needs
grow.
