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Using Cake for Amundsen

Amundsen is an open-source data discovery and metadata engine that helps teams understand and trust their data. On Cake, Amundsen becomes part of your data governance layer—automated and integrated with your broader AI infrastructure.
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How it works

Improve data visibility and trust with Amundsen on Cake

Cake handles deployment, indexing, and access control for Amundsen, giving your teams a unified view of how data is used across pipelines and platforms.

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Searchable data catalog

Help teams find datasets, owners, and usage history through a modern UI backed by automatic metadata extraction.

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Lineage-aware discovery

Understand how data flows between sources, transformations, and models—so you can debug, audit, or optimize faster.

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Policy-driven governance

Surface data owners, classify sensitive datasets, and enforce visibility rules using Cake-managed access and tagging controls.

Frequently asked questions about Cake and Amundsen

What is Amundsen?
Amundsen is an open-source data discovery and metadata catalog platform designed to help teams find and understand datasets.
How does Cake support Amundsen?
Cake automates Amundsen deployment, indexing, and authentication, making it easy to integrate into AI and data infrastructure.
What systems can Amundsen pull metadata from?
Amundsen integrates with sources like Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Airflow, dbt, and more.
How is Amundsen different from Data Hub?
Amundsen focuses on search, discovery, and UI-based exploration. Data Hub emphasizes lineage and governance across systems. Cake supports using both together.
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