To create an environment in Elementary Cloud, follow these steps: 1. Log in to Elementary Cloud. When you first log in, you’ll be directed to the environments screen. 2. Create a new environment. Click on

Create environment

and provide an environment name. 3. Connect your data warehouse. You’ll need to connect Elementary to a data warehouse that already has an Elementary schema (created by the Elementary dbt package). Elementary Cloud requires: - Read permissions to the Elementary schema (not the rest of your data) - Network access (you may need to allowlist the Elementary IP address:

3.126.156.226

) 4. Select your data warehouse type (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, Athena, ClickHouse) and follow the specific connection instructions for your warehouse. 5. Complete the connection. Once connected, Elementary Cloud will start syncing data from the Elementary schema. If you see data in the Elementary Dashboard, your connection is successful. By default, syncs happen hourly, but you can also [configure a triggered sync](https://docs.elementary-data.com/cloud/guides/sync-scheduling) for near real-time updates. For more details, see the official documentation: [Connect data warehouse](https://docs.elementary-data.com/cloud/onboarding/connect-data-warehouse).