MotherDuck

Connect Summation to a MotherDuck (hosted DuckDB) database.

MotherDuck is hosted DuckDB. Summation connects with a database name and a service token.

What you’ll need

• A MotherDuck account with at least one database. See Getting started.
• An access token for the account. See Authenticating to MotherDuck.

Form fields

Field	Required	Stored as	Notes
Database	Yes	Config	The MotherDuck database name, e.g. sample_data.
MotherDuck token	Yes	Secret	A service token from your MotherDuck account. See Authenticating to MotherDuck.

Getting a token

1. Sign in to app.motherduck.com.
2. Open Settings → Tokens. (Detailed steps: Authenticating to MotherDuck.)
3. Create a token with read access to the database you want to expose.
4. Paste it into the MotherDuck token field.

Common problems

Error or symptom	Likely cause
Authentication failed	Token is wrong, expired, or scoped to a different database.
Database not found	Database name is case-sensitive. Match it exactly to what you see in MotherDuck.