# Use case guides

Use the following guides as example implementations based on how you intend to use Soda for data quality testing. For standard set up instructions, see [Get started](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/quick-start-sip/get-started-roadmap).

| [Test data in an Airflow pipeline](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-prod)                        | Use this guide as an example for how to set up Soda to test the quality of your data in an Airflow pipeline that uses dbt transformations. | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p> |
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| [Test data quality in an ADF pipeline](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-adf)                     | Learn how to invoke Soda data quality tests in an ETL pipeline in Azure Data Factory.                                                      | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p> |
| [Test data quality in a Dagster pipeline](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-dagster)              | Learn how to invoke Soda data quality tests in a Dagster pipeline.                                                                         | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p> |
| [Test data quality in Databricks pipeline](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-databricks-pipeline) | Learn how to use Databricks notesbooks with Soda to test data quality before feeding a machine learning model.                             | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p> |
| [Test data before migration](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-migration)                         | Use this guide to set up Soda to test before and after data migration between data sources.                                                | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p> |
| [Self-serve Soda](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-end-user)                                     | Use this guide to set up Soda Cloud to enable users across your organization to serve themselves when it comes to testing data quality.    | <p>Soda Cloud<br>Soda Agent</p>   |
| [Test data during development](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-dev)                             | Use this guide to set up Soda to test the quality of your data during your development lifecycle in a GitHub Workflow.                     | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p> |
| [Automate monitoring](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-automate)                                 | Use this guide to set up Soda to automatically monitor data quality.                                                                       | <p>Soda Cloud<br>Soda Agent</p>   |

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Use the following How tos for practical advice, examples, and instructions for using Soda.

| [Build a Sigma dashboard](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/reporting-api-to-overview-dashboards) | Learn how to build a customized data quality reporting dashboard in Sigma using the Soda Cloud API.                                                                                    | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p>      |
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| [Build a Grafana dashboard](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/public-api-to-grafana)              | Learn how to build a customized data quality reporting dashboard in Grafana using the Soda Cloud API.                                                                                  | Soda Cloud                             |
| [Invoke Soda in Databricks](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-databricks)             | Learn how to invoke Soda data quality tests in a Databricks notebook.                                                                                                                  | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p>      |
| [Use a Secrets Manager](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/quick-start-secrets)                    | Learn how to set up a Soda Agent to use an External Secrets Manager to retrieve frequently-rotated data source passwords.                                                              | <p>Soda Cloud<br>Self-hosted Agent</p> |
| [Generate API keys](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/api-keys)                                   | Learn how to use Soda Cloud API keys to securely communicate with other entities such as Soda Library and self-hosted Soda Agents, and to provide secure access to Soda Cloud via API. | Soda Cloud                             |
| [Manage sensitive data](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/sensitive-data)                         | Learn how to adjust several configurable settings that help you manage access to sensitive data in Soda Cloud.                                                                         | Soda Cloud                             |
| [Reroute failed row samples](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/run-a-scan/failed-row-samples)                     | Learn how to programmatically set up Soda Library to display failed row samples in the command-line.                                                                                   | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p>      |
| [Double-onboard a data source](https://docs.soda.io/soda-documentation/soda-v3/use-case-guides/double-onboard-datasource)       | Learn how to onboard a data source in Soda Cloud that you have already onboarded via Soda Library.                                                                                     | <p>Soda Library<br>Soda Cloud</p>      |

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