Connecting to Data

Data Connection Options

There are many options for connecting your data to Max, including:

Connecting to your database:
- Directly in Max through the Database Connections.
- Through your own code in Skill Studio.
Connecting to a file:
- By uploading it into Max.
- By pulling it in through your own code in Skill Studio.

My Connections

From Skill Studio:

From the left navigation, select the My Connections icon.
Click the + in the bottom left corner to add a new data connection.
Choose a Database Connection type from the dropdown. Our currently supported database types for this method of connection are:
- Microsoft Azure
- Google BigQuery
- Databricks
- Redshift
- Snowflake
Give your connection a name and fill in the necessary account details.
Once connected, this database will be available to use in Skill Studio, or to create datasets from.

Note: This is the only data connection option that will allow you to control permissions on the connected data. When adding data directly into Skill Studio, through code or Parquet, any user with accompanying copilot access will have access to the data. User access to certain datasets can only be managed if data is connected through one of the above supported databases.

Code in Skill Studio

For a single skill database connection:

From a Skill workflow canvas in Skill Studio, select your data node (these appear in blue).
From the Database Dropdown in the top right corner, select Parquet.
You can now write code in the editor window to connect directly to your data source for this Skill.

If you have a data connection that you wish to create manually and use in multiple skills within your copilot, proceed to the next connection option.

For a global Copilot data connection:

From the Skills tab of Skill Studio, select the Global Functions icon from your canvas toolbar.
Toggle to Copilot Functions in the editor window.
You can now write code to pull in your database connection. This data will then be available for use for any Skill in this copilot.