> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paradime.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# For read-only users

> What a read-only (Business) user needs to know about Paradime: find trusted data, understand where it comes from, and check that pipelines are healthy.

You have the **Business** role: read-only access to the workspace. You won't write code or run pipelines, and that's the point. Paradime gives you a trustworthy window into the data your team produces: what exists, what it means, where it comes from, and whether it's fresh.

## What Paradime is, for you

The data team builds pipelines in Paradime; you consume their output with context. Instead of asking "is this dashboard number right?" in Slack, you can check the definition, the freshness, and the pipeline behind it yourself. You'll use four apps:

| Your apps            | What you do there                                                         |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Catalog**          | Search documented data assets and read what each model and column means.  |
| **Lineage**          | See how a number is built: from raw sources through models to dashboards. |
| **Bolt** (read-only) | Check whether the pipeline behind your data ran successfully, and when.   |
| **Radar**            | View warehouse cost and health metrics.                                   |

## Concepts you should know

* **Models are the products.** The data team ships "models": governed tables built with dbt™, each with documentation and tests. The Catalog is the index of them. Curious how they're made? See [what is dbt™](/guides/foundations/what-is-dbt).
* **Lineage answers "where does this come from?"** Every model traces back to raw sources and forward to dashboards, so you can judge whether a number is safe to use, and what's affected when something upstream breaks.
* **Freshness comes from schedules.** Data updates when a Bolt schedule runs. If a dashboard looks stale, check the schedule's last run before assuming the data is wrong. See [what is Bolt](/guides/foundations/what-is-bolt).
* **Your access is read-only by design.** You see production data documentation, lineage, run logs, and cost metrics; editing code and running pipelines require the Developer role. See [roles and permissions](/products/settings/users/roles-and-permissions).

## Your first session

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find a dataset you use">
    <Card title="Catalog" href="/products/data-catalog/index" icon="book" horizontal>
      Search for a table or metric you already know from a dashboard, and read its documentation.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Trace where it comes from">
    <Card title="Lineage" href="/products/data-catalog/lineage/index" icon="workflow" horizontal>
      Open its lineage and follow it back to the raw sources.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the pipeline behind it">
    <Card title="Search Bolt schedule status" href="/guides/paradime-101/running-dbt-in-production-with-bolt/viewing-run-history-and-analytics" icon="search" horizontal>
      See when it last refreshed and whether it succeeded.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Look at cost and health">
    <Card title="Radar" href="/products/radar/index" icon="gauge" horizontal>
      Browse warehouse spend and pipeline health metrics.
    </Card>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Go deeper

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Monitoring and discovery" href="/guides/foundations/monitoring-and-discovery" icon="chart-line">
    How Catalog, Lineage, and Radar fit together.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Key terms" href="/guides/foundations/key-terms" icon="book">
    The vocabulary you'll see across the app.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How Paradime works" href="/guides/foundations/how-paradime-works" icon="workflow">
    The full picture: workspace, apps, and roles.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Need to build models?" href="/start-here/quickstart/for-developers" icon="code">
    Ask your Admin for the Developer role, then start here.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


## Related topics

- [Quickstart](/start-here/quickstart/index.md)
- [MCP Server](/products/dino-ai/mcp-server/index.md)
- [Work with read-only branches](/guides/working-with-git/read-only-branches.md)
- [Users and licences](/products/settings/users/users-and-licences.md)
- [Manage users](/guides/paradime-101/getting-started-with-your-paradime-workspace/managing-users-in-the-workspace.md)