Connection admins are users who manage connectivity to a data source. Only an existing connection admin can add additional connection admins. If you do not have access to the connection in question, you will not see the option to do so in Atlan.
Atlan also recommends group ownership to better manage a connection. You can create a group of users for connection ownership and management and add that group as a connection admin.
You can become a connection admin in the following ways:
- Define the connection admin when crawling a new data source for the first time.
- A connection admin can extend the list of connection admins on their connection at any time. To add a new connection admin, you can either:
- Modify a connector workflow.
- On the Assets discovery page, filter for the Connection asset type, and add new connection admins from the sidebar.