Get your data trust platform up and running in 30-60 minutes.
Before You Begin
Time Required: 30-60 minutes
Prerequisites: Access to your data source (database, warehouse, etc.)
What You'll Accomplish:
✅ Connect your first data source
✅ View your data assets in the catalog
✅ Set up basic data quality monitoring
✅ Configure alert notifications
What You'll Need:
Make sure you're using the Decube login URL for your region (APAC, EU, or US).
Role-Specific Guidance:
👨💻 Data Engineers: Follow the technical setup steps and configuration guides
🛡️ Governance Teams: Use this guide to understand what to request from your technical team and what outcomes to expect
👤 Admins: Focus on user management and access control sections
Quick Start: See Decube in Action
1. Login to Decube
Enter your credentials and click Login. You'll then be signed in and directed to Decube's landing page.
Sign-in page
To reset your password, click Forgot Password on the login page and follow the instructions in the email you receive. If you don't see the email, please contact us at [email protected].
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2. Connect Your Data Source (10-15 minutes)
Why this matters: This is the foundation - without a data source, Decube has nothing to monitor or catalog.
👨💻 For Data Engineers: Follow the technical setup guides below
🛡️ For Governance Teams: Share these links with your technical team and ensure they have the necessary credentials
Connecting your first data source when you start with an account is compulsory. Each data source may have different prerequisites or configurations to be made; so we've prepared a guide on How to connect data sources for each data source that you'd like to add.
Onboarding your data source with no code
Connection to your data source should take a few minutes depending on the volume of your data. Once your data source has been connected, you can then navigate to the Catalog module.
✅ Success indicator: You see tables appearing in the Catalog module
3. Explore Your Data Catalog (5 minutes)
Why this matters: Verify your data is being ingested and cataloged correctly.
Navigate to Catalog → Browse your connected tables and schemas
🛡️ For Governance Teams: This is where you'll see all your data assets organized and searchable. You can add business context, classifications, and glossary terms here.
✅ Success indicator: You can see your database tables, schemas, and basic metadata
Complete Setup: Configure Monitoring & Alerts
4. Enable Data Quality Monitoring (10-15 minutes)
Why this matters: Proactive monitoring prevents data issues from impacting downstream systems and AI/ML models.
Navigate to Data Quality → Config → Enable monitors for critical tables
Quick Setup Options:
Freshness Monitoring: Detect when data stops updating
Volume Monitoring: Catch unusual data volume changes
Schema Drift: Alert on table structure changes
👨💻 For Data Engineers: Configure custom SQL monitors and set appropriate thresholds
🛡️ For Governance Teams: Focus on business-critical tables and data lineage impact
Bulk Metadata Management: Use Export/Import to quickly update your Catalog metadata and Glossary terms in bulk through CSV workflows. Perfect for large-scale onboarding and governance updates.
Public API (BETA): For technical users: Integrate Decube with your existing tools and workflows using our REST API. Access data catalog, quality metrics, lineage, and user management programmatically.
Community: Join our user community for best practices
Next Steps: Once your data source is connected and monitoring is active, explore our advanced features like the Governance module, Collaboration features and granular access controls to build a comprehensive data trust platform.
