We can use the tool to put additional information about things. People can go through articles and get detailed knowledge. We can also create queries. We can customize templates based on our use cases. We can use API. We can create forms for the user.
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Ablation Just Gets It
What do you like best about the product?
While the application is continually evolving, it's the support we get from the Alation team that sets them apart. Their model for continuous improvement is exactly what application vendors need to focus on. Not everything to everyone but listening to their customers to determine what's important now, not yesterday.
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited workflow capability. Workflows are key to automating governance tasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Classification of data assets. We leverage this to support our RBAC process within Redshift.
Robust data governance tool
What do you like best about the product?
I very much enjoy Alations data cataloging tools and ability to create a data community within my organization that exists in a central location.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is sometimes difficult to get some users to participate, though that is not really a.fault of the software itself.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Central location for business to find the data they need without looking in different folders for different excel docs.
Better than expectation
What do you like best about the product?
Community collaboration and search capabilities
What do you dislike about the product?
Alation do what it promises but still need improvement on versioning, lineage and
Access/security.
Access/security.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Knowledge capturing and asset identification.
New to Alation
What do you like best about the product?
Interface and workflow help engage the business asynchronously
What do you dislike about the product?
Lineage difficult to view when there are many complex layers
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Workflow and guiding to stewards to review and approve
Alation conference. first time attending.
What do you like best about the product?
data catalog and governance capabilities
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing. it is an industry leading and enetwrprise grade solution
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
enterprise data governance
The solution enables users to customize templates, but it is expensive, and the interface is not user-friendly compared to some of the other products in the market
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
It was not very clear how to connect to databases. The interface is not user-friendly. Some things in the interface must be made user-friendly. Some features are quite technical. A non-technical user might find the tool difficult to use.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for one or two months.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used OvalEdge two years ago. A non-technical person also can use OvalEdge quite easily. It enables users to connect to a database, crawl, and extract the metadata. It was not quite easy to do the same in Alation Data Catalog. OvalEdge is quite user-friendly. We can create rules behind the data and add data dictionaries and glossaries.
In Alation, we can write a complete article for a specific object and link it to different tables and columns so the user can easily navigate to a particular object or table. OvalEdge is cheaper, though.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is a little expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I have gone through the training for Alation Data Catalog. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.
Great cataloging & governance product
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use. Seamless integration with snowflake.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing that I can think of. Works great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not a customer but a partner. Great for data cataloging and discovery.
Has metadata cataloging features but needs changes in domain model
What is our primary use case?
The tool's metadata cataloging is the most valuable feature.
What needs improvement?
The tool's domain model needs to be changed.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Alation Data Catalog is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
Alation Data Catalog's deployment is easy. I rate it a nine out of ten. Deployment takes only two to three hours to complete. One to two resources are enough to handle the deployment.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Alation Data Catalog an eight out of ten.
Alation's Right Start program helps deliver value quickly
What do you like best about the product?
What is most helpful about it is how simple it is to add policies and terms to the catalog. Combining this with easy data dictionary upload helps data stewards and SMEs effectively memorialize metadata to the data marketplace.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost per data steward is a bit high is one thing. Another thing is having to pay to enable column level data linieage. Sure you can get by with just table level, but column level lineage is key for impact analysis.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Alation's data catalog is helping improve data literacy via it's layout. Users better understand that information exists about the data they care about because this metadata is now exposed to them in the data catalog. In addition to data literacy, it helps users make confident choices in the datasets they consume because they can now see not only who else uses the data but also queries that have been shared for others to use. This benefits the company because it cuts down on duplication of effort but also helps create a standard process.
Data Catalog!
What do you like best about the product?
We can easily integrate it with other applications, and simple to configure. Multiple members can comment. Easy to capture the data lineage.
What do you dislike about the product?
No significant dislikes after 2-3 months of usage.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We mainly used alation to understand the Data Lineage and for data governance purpose.
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