Get Started

Get started with Paradime’s Radar by setting up cost optimization, dbt™ monitoring, team efficiency tracking, and real-time alerting with this comprehensive setup guide.

Welcome to Paradime's Radar! This guide will help you set up the components for the Radar features you want to use. Radar offers powerful capabilities including cost optimization, dbt™ monitoring, team efficiency tracking, and real-time alerting.

Prerequisites:

• Active Paradime Radar Plan

• Admin role In Paradime

Setup Steps

Select the feature(s) you want to enable and follow the corresponding setup steps:

1. Cost Management

If you want to monitor and optimize data warehouse costs, add a cost connection to your data warehouse:

Snowflake

Set up Snowflake Cost Access - Complete all steps to give Paradime the necessary Snowflake access to optimize your Snowflake spend.

BigQuery

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2. dbt™ Monitoring

To enable dbt™ monitoring features, ensure you have:

1. A production data warehouse connected to Paradime

2. At least one active Bolt Schedule.

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3. Team Efficiency Tracking

To enable team efficiency tracking:

1. Go to Settings > Integrations

2. Find the GitHub integration and click Connect

3. Follow the GitHub App Installation instructions.

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4. Real-time Alerting

To enable real-time alerting, follow these steps:

4.1 Integrate Notification Platform

1. Go to Settings > Integrations

2. Find your preferred integration:

   • Slack

   • Microsoft Teams

3. Click on the integration and follow the installation instructions

4.2 Configure Alert Notifications

1. Go to Settings > Integrations

2. Choose your notification destination:

   • Slack: Select a channel from the dropdown

   • Microsoft Teams: Select a channel from the dropdown

   • Email: Click "Send Email notification" to send alerts to workspace admin(s)

After completing these steps, your real-time alerting will be set up and ready to use.

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Looker Monitoring

To monitor Looker performance and usage, add an integration:

Looker

1. Create a dedicated Looker user for Paradime

2. Generate your API 3 Credentials

3. Connect to Looker via Paradime native Looker integration

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Verification

After setting up your chosen Radar features:

1. Navigate to the Radar dashboard

2. Confirm that data is populating in the relevant section(s)

3. Explore each enabled feature to familiarize yourself with the available metrics