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Alation Data Catalog review
Hariprasath-Thiyagaraj
Senior Data Governance at a university with 51-200 employees
Facilitate metadata management and SQL query sharing but user experience needs...
Alation Data Catalog is not user-friendly for business users. Its user experience is comparable to a Wikipedia page, lacking good visualization. In a fast-paced world, we need to grasp information quickly, and Alation does not facilitate that well. The platform needs improvement in integrating with BI tools, reducing manual efforts, and...
Alation Data Catalog review
Vice President at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Builds data catalogs with a proper business glossary and establishes data lineage
The key aspect is ensuring that any policy changes in data governance are translated into rules within Alation. For instance, if a new attribute, such as a private one like SSN, is added to a database, and a policy mandates SSNs be masked for the first eight characters, Alation will enforce that rule uniformly. This ensures that all SSN...
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