# How to Guides (UI)

- [Creating & Configuring Data Sources](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources.md)
- [How to Create a Data Source for Data Streamed from Kafka](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-create-a-data-source-for-data-streamed-from-kafka.md): Create a data source for data streamed from Kafka in DataPancake.
- [How to Configure Materialization & Dynamic Table Settings](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-output-object-and-dynamic-table-settings.md): Configure Output Object Settings, Dynamic Table Settings, and Dynamic Table Metadata Settings for a data source.
- [How to Configure the Secure View Layer](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-the-secure-semantic-view-layer.md): Configure the Semantic Layer Settings for a data source.
- [How to Configure Schema Filters](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-schema-filters.md): Configure Schema Filters for a data source.
- [How to Configure a Data Source for a Single Semi-Structured Data Column in a Table or View](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-a-data-source-for-a-single-semi-structured-data-column-in-a-table-or-view.md): Configure a table or view data source for semi-structured data.
- [How to Configure a Data Source for a Structured Table or View](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-a-data-source-for-a-structured-table-or-view.md): Configure a table or view data source for structured data.
- [How to Configure an External Table Data Source (JSON Only)](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-an-external-table-data-source-json-only.md): Configure an External Table data source.
- [How to Configure an Iceberg Data Source (JSON Only)](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-an-iceberg-data-source-json-only.md): Configure an Iceberg data source.
- [How to Manage a Scan Configuration](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-manage-a-scan-configuration.md): Create or modify a scan configuration for a data source.
- [Page](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/page.md)
- [How to Configure Schema Consolidation](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-schema-consolidation.md): Configure Schema Consolidation for a data source.
- [How to Configure Baseline Scan Settings](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-configure-baseline-scan-settings.md): Configure Baseline Scan Settings for a data source.
- [How to Modify the Schema](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/creating-and-configuring-data-sources/how-to-modify-the-schema.md)
- [Modify Enabled Features for a Data Source](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/modify-enabled-features-for-a-data-source.md): Enable or disable the Pipeline Designer, SQL Code Generation, Security Policy Integration, Data Dictionary Builder, and Semantic Model Generator as needed for each data source.
- [How to Scan the Data Source](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/how-to-scan-the-data-source.md)
- [Pipeline Designer](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer.md)
- [How to Create Virtual Attributes](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-create-virtual-attributes.md)
- [How to Add Column Materialization Rules](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-add-column-materialization-rules.md)
- [How to Apply Column-Level Schema Transformations](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-apply-column-level-schema-transformations.md)
- [How to Merge Polymorphic Attribute Versions](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-merge-polymorphic-attribute-versions.md): This feature allows you to automatically merge all numeric attributes into either the float or string polymorphic version of the attribute by creating a sql expression and an alias.
- [How to Add Aliases](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-add-aliases.md)
- [How to Configure Array Relationships \[Coming Soon\]](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-configure-array-relationships-coming-soon.md)
- [How to Configure Security Policies](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-configure-security-policies.md)
- [How to Configure Foreign Keys](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-configure-foreign-keys.md)
- [How to Generate Dynamic SQL Statement Code](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/pipeline-designer/how-to-generate-dynamic-sql-statement-code.md)
- [Data Dictionary Builder](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/data-dictionary-builder.md)
- [How to Generate a Data Source Description](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/data-dictionary-builder/how-to-generate-a-data-source-description.md)
- [How to Generate Array Descriptions & Synonyms](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/data-dictionary-builder/how-to-generate-array-descriptions-and-synonyms.md)
- [How to Generate Attribute Descriptions, Synonyms, & Sample Values](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/data-dictionary-builder/how-to-generate-attribute-descriptions-synonyms-and-sample-values.md)
- [How to Deploy & Validate Generated Code](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/how-to-deploy-and-validate-generated-code.md)
- [Data Dictionary](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/data-dictionary.md)
- [Semantic Model Generator](https://docs.datapancake.com/guides/how-to-guides-ui/semantic-model-generator.md)


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