ThoughtSpot

ThoughtSpot is a search and AI-driven analytics platform. Connecting ThoughtSpot to Paradime extracts your ThoughtSpot metadata so your assets appear in the catalog and lineage next to the dbt™ models that feed them.

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What you can do

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Step 1: Create a dedicated ThoughtSpot user for Paradime

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Create a ThoughtSpot user

https://docs.thoughtspot.com/software/6.2/add-user

1. Log in to your ThoughtSpot instance.
2. Navigate to the admin console, click on Admin in the top header.
3. In the left panel, under User Management click on Users and then select Add User.
4. In the Add a new user dialog, enter the following details:
   • For Username, enter a username for the new user.
   • For Display name, add a meaningful name for the new user, for example, Paradime. For Sharing visibility, keep the default selection, SHAREABLE.
   • For New password, enter a password for the new user and confirm it in the next step.
   • For Email, enter an email address for the new user.
   • Click Add to add the new user.

The new user will be assigned Can upload user data and Can download data permissions by default.

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Catalog & Lineage

Bring ThoughtSpot assets into Paradime’s data catalog and column-level lineage, so you can trace dbt™ models through to the answers and Liveboards built on them. The ThoughtSpot integration is set up by the Admin user for your organization profile. In Paradime, go to Settings → Integrations (see connecting integrations), find ThoughtSpot, and click Connect.

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Step 2: Connection parameters

Click on Test Connection to validate that Paradime can connect to your ThoughtSpot account.