--- title: Setting Up a Scoped Canvas Data 2 Key for Atomic Search description: Beginning November 9, 2026, new Canvas Data 2 keys are limited to the tables you choose. 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It does not need any user, enrollment, or grade tables. ### **Before you begin** - You need admin access to the Instructure Identity portal (identity.instructure.com) and to Atomic Search. - Scoped keys are available starting November 9, 2026. - If Atomic Search already uses a Canvas Data 2 key, that key keeps working until December 31, 2027. Replace it with a scoped key before then. - You can't add tables to a key after you create it. Select all 16 tables, even for features you don't use yet. - Each Canvas instance needs its own key. ### **Tables to select** Copy this list. You'll paste it in step 4 below. canvas.courses, canvas.enrollment\_terms, canvas.accounts, canvas.context\_modules, canvas.content\_tags, canvas.rubric\_associations, canvas.rubrics, canvas.wiki\_pages, canvas.assignments, canvas.discussion\_topics, canvas.quizzes, canvas.quiz\_questions, canvas.attachments, canvas.discussion\_entries, new\_quizzes.quizzes, new\_quizzes.quiz\_questions ### **Step 1: Create the key in the Identity portal** 1. Go to the Instructure Identity portal at identity.instructure.com and sign in. 2. Select **Add New Key**. 3. Enter a key name, such as Atomic Search. Set the expiry date as far out as allowed, up to 3 years. Set **Key Type** to **Institutional Use**. 4. On the Add tables page, set **Add method** to **Copy and paste**. Paste the table list from above. 5. Select **Review**. Check that 14 canvas tables and 2 new\_quizzes tables are listed, then select **Create**. 6. Copy the information provided including the Client ID, the Secret, and the secret's expiration date. The secret is **shown only once**, so save it somewhere secure before you leave the page. ### **Step 2: Add the key to Atomic Search** 1. Open Atomic Search from Canvas Admin, not from inside a course. 2. Go to **Canvas Integration**, then the **Indexing preferences** tab. 3. Under **Canvas Data 2 Credentials**, select **Add credentials**. 4. Paste the Client ID into **Key** and the secret into **Secret**. Enter the secret's expiration date. 5. Select **Save credentials**. The section now shows Secret: Saved and today's date under Last updated. To replace a key later, follow the same steps and select **Update credentials**. Atomic Search keeps using the old key until you save the new one. ### **Troubleshooting** | **Problem** | **Fix** | | --- | --- | | I don't see Canvas Integration or Canvas Data 2 Credentials | Open Atomic Search from Canvas Admin as an admin. 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