# Accessing Your Molecule Data with Bigbang

### Overview

Bigbang is Molecule’s  data lake integration tool. It gives your team easy, secure access to your Molecule data in near-real-time, so you can power dashboards, build reports, or integrate with other systems.

There are two options to connect to your Molecule data.

**Option 1: Molecule-Hosted Data Lake (Fully Managed)**

Molecule will stream your data into a secure Postgres database we host and manage for you. You can connect to it using the tools your team already knows. 

**Best for:** Teams who want fast access to Molecule data without managing infrastructure

### Key Features:

* Real-time data sync from Molecule
* Connect with Metabase, PowerBI, Tableau, dbt, SQL, and more
* Easy setup and no infrastructure required on your end
* Molecule-managed security and monitoring

#### Option 2: Push to Your Data Lake (Customer-Managed)

Prefer to manage your own data lake? Bigbang can stream data to Confluent Kafka topics, which your team can sub-ribe to and load into your own data lake or warehouse. 

**Best for:** Organizations with existing data platforms or custom reporting pipelines. How it works:

* Bigbang publishes Molecule data to Molecule hosted Kafka topics that contain only your data
* Molecule hosts the Kafka Connector Data Lake Connector (from the provided supported list of connectors)
* Your team hosts the Data Lake solution
* You ingest data into your own platforms in near real time

### Supported targets include: 

**Database & Data Lake Connectors**

* Snowflake Source & Sink
* Microsoft SQL Server Source, Sink, and CDC (Debezium V2)
* Oracle Database Source, Sink, and CDC
* PostgreSQL Source, Sink, and CDC (Debezium V2)
* MySQL Source CDC V2 (Debezium) & Sink
* Databricks Delta Lake Sink (for advanced analytics or ML pipelines)
* Amazon S3 Source
* Azure Blob Storage Source
* Google Cloud Storage Source

#### ETL / Data Pipeline & Integration

* HTTP Source & Sink
* SFTP Source & Sink
* RabbitMQ Source & Sink Connector
* IBM MQ Source
* Azure Event Hubs Source
* Azure Service Bus Source
* Amazon Kinesis Source

Source: [Confluent Cloud Fully-Managed Managed Connectors | Confluent Documentation](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/connectors/overview.html#cloud-platforms-support)

#### Security & Access

* Each customer receives their own isolated data stream or database
* VPN access and IP whitelisting supported
* Molecule enforces strict access boundaries between customer environments

**What You Can Do with Bigbang**

* Build custom dashboards in Power BI or Tableau
* Run time-series and historical analysis not available via API
* Merge Molecule data with ERP, SCADA, credit, or treasury systems
* Automate internal reports for risk, operations, and compliance

### Getting Started

Contact Molecule Support or your Customer Success Manager to enable Bigbang and choose your integration option.

**Still Have Questions?**

Reach out to your Molecule Account or Customer Success Manager or email: <support@molecule.io>

See related article: [Getting Started with Bigbang](https://help.molecule.io/integrations-and-apis/integrations-guide/data-integrations-and-reporting/getting-started-with-bigbang)