# Connect Soda to MotherDuck

> For Soda to run quality scans on your data, you must configure it to connect to your data source.\
> To learn how to set up Soda and configure it to connect to your data sources, see [Get started](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/quick-start-sip/setup-guide).

## Connection configuration reference

Install package: `soda-duckdb`\
Refer to [MotherDuck instructions](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/connect-query-from-python/installation-authentication/) for further detail.

```yaml
data_source quack:
  type: duckdb
  database: "md:sample_data?motherduck_token=eyJhbGciOxxxxx.eyJzZXxxxxx.l4sxxxxx"
  read_only: true
```

| Property   | Required | Notes                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| type       | required | Identify the type of data source for Soda.                                                                                                                                        |
| database   | required | <p>Provide an identifier for your database.<br>Some users have reported issues using the <code>database</code> key, but have been successful using <code>path</code> instead.</p> |
| read\_only | required | Indicate users' access by providing a boolean value: `true` or `false`                                                                                                            |

## Test the data source connection <a href="#test-the-data-source-connection" id="test-the-data-source-connection"></a>

To confirm that you have correctly configured the connection details for the data source(s) in your configuration YAML file, use the `test-connection` command. If you wish, add a `-V` option to the command to return results in verbose mode in the CLI.

```sh
soda test-connection -d my_datasource -c configuration.yml -V
```

## Supported data types

| Category | Data type                                                                                                                 |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| text     | CHARACTER VARYING, CHARACTER, CHAR, TEXT                                                                                  |
| number   | SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, DECIMAL, NUMERIC, VARIABLE, REAL, DOUBLE PRECISION, SMALLSERIAL, SERIAL, BIGSERIAL             |
| time     | TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE, TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIME WITHOUT TIME ZONE |


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