Manage Virtual Sources

Create, edit, enable or disable, and delete virtual sources from the Integrations page.

Virtual sources live on the Integrations page under the Data Sources tab, alongside your native connector sources. You can create and manage them entirely from this page.

Create a virtual source

1. Navigate to Integrations and select the Data Sources tab.

2. Click the Create new button and select Create a virtual source from the dropdown.

1. Enter a Name for the source. The name must be unique across all sources in your workspace.

2. Click Create to finish, or click Add virtual assets to go directly to the Asset Tree Editor and start building your object hierarchy.

After creation, the virtual source appears in the Data Sources list with a virtual source icon. The Children updated at timestamp on the row updates each time any object under the source is created, edited, or deleted.

Virtual source landing page

After creation you land on the virtual source page. From here you can start populating the source with objects via:

• UI — opens the Asset Tree Editor to build the object hierarchy interactively. See Manage Virtual Objects.

• API — links to the API reference; the virtual source ID is shown here for use in API calls. See Virtual Sources.

You can also connect virtual objects into your lineage graph from their asset detail pages. See Virtual Sources in Lineage.

Edit a virtual source

1. On the Data Sources tab, locate the virtual source row and click Manage.

2. In the modal, update any of the following fields:

   • Name

   • Description

   • Source owner — defaults to the creator; can be transferred to any other user

   • Enabled / Disabled state

Changes take effect immediately on save.

Enable or disable a virtual source

Disabling a virtual source removes it from Catalog search results and lineage diagrams without deleting it. This behaves the same as enabling and disabling native sources.

Open the Manage modal for the source and toggle the enabled state on or off.

Disabling a virtual source hides it and all its objects from the Catalog and lineage graphs. Re-enabling it restores full visibility.

Delete a virtual source

Deleting a virtual source is a hard delete — the source and all virtual objects under it are permanently removed from the database.

This action is irreversible. All virtual objects under the source, including their metadata, are permanently deleted.

1. Open the Manage modal for the virtual source.

2. Click Delete source and confirm in the secondary confirmation step.

Virtual object deletion works differently — deleting an individual object is a soft delete that removes it from the UI but retains the record in the database. See Manage Virtual Objects for details.