Federation lets you query data directly from external sources without copying or moving it.

Benefits

Unified view of your data

Provides a single, unified view of your data from various sources without complex data integration.

Improved data discovery

Simplifies finding and accessing data across the organization.

Reduced data duplication

Eliminates the need for time-consuming data ingestion by querying data directly from external sources.

Enhanced governance

Extends Propel’s data governance and security features to federated data sources.

Key Features

  • Federated querying: Query data from multiple sources at once, combining data from different databases and data warehouses in a single query.

  • Fine-grained access control: Access Policies enforce row and column-level access controls as well as multi-tenant JWT tokens.

  • Logs and observability: The platform provides tools for tracking data usage across all sources and facilitates easy data discovery.

  • Integration with Propel APIs and Embeddable UI: Works seamlessly with Propel’s Query APIs and Embeddable UI.

Supported data sources

Limitations

  • Queries are read-only.
  • The speed of queries is limited by the speed of the underlying data source.