Share Links
Share your Atlas Catalog or individual Data Products with anyone, no login required. Share Links generate tokenized, read-only URLs that let external stakeholders browse your governed metric definitions, dimensions, and models.
Overview
Share Links solve the "how do I show this to my stakeholder?" problem. Instead of exporting spreadsheets or screenshots, generate a live link to your governed catalog. Recipients see the same catalog browser interface with search, filtering, and a detail pane for each metric.
Creating a Share Link
- Navigate to Atlas Metrics or Data Products
- Click the Share button
- Choose what to share:
- Full catalog: All semantic models, metrics, and dimensions in the project
- Single data product: One curated data product with its governed metrics and references
- Set an optional expiry (7 days, 30 days, 90 days, or no expiry)
- Click Generate Link
- Copy the link (it is shown only once)
What Recipients See
The public share page is a read-only catalog browser that works without a login:
- Search and filter: Find metrics, models, and dimensions by name or type
- Detail pane: Click any item to see its expression, description, dimensions, and source model
- Governance badges: Maturity, access level, and SLA tiers are visible on data products
- Resolution status: Whether each metric or model reference is still valid
- Branch context: The share link captures the branch at creation time, so recipients see a consistent snapshot
The public view intentionally excludes features that require authentication (like live SQL compilation against a warehouse connection).
Security
- Tokenized: Each link is a unique, cryptographically random token. The raw token is shown once at creation and never stored
- Hash-only storage: Only the SHA-256 hash of the token is persisted, so a database export cannot be used to forge links
- Revocable: Revoke any share link from the Share dialog to immediately disable access
- Expiry: Optional expiration dates ensure links do not remain active indefinitely
- Read-only: Share links provide view-only access with no ability to modify definitions
Managing Share Links
From the Share dialog, you can:
- View all active share links for the current project
- See when each link was created and its expiry date
- Revoke individual links
- Generate new links with different scope or expiry settings
Use Cases
| Scenario | What to share |
|---|---|
| Stakeholder review | Full catalog so business users can browse available metrics |
| Product handoff | Single data product with its SLA, owner, and metric bundle |
| Vendor collaboration | Time-limited link (7 days) scoped to specific metrics |
| Documentation | Embed the share link in internal wikis or runbooks |
| Catalog docs portal | Share your Atlas Catalog docs externally with public, password, or SSO access gates. Recipients see the full catalog including project overview, zoomable DAG graph, and node details |