Alation Features
What are the features of Alation?
Administration
- Data Modelling
- Recommendations
- Workflow Management
- Dashboards and Visualizations
Compliance
- Sensitive Data Compliance
- Training and Guidelines
- Compliance Monitoring
Data Quality
- Data Preparation
- Data Unification
Management
- Business Glossary
- Data Discovery
- Data Profililng
- Reporting and Visualization
- Data Lineage
Security
- Compliance Management
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Data Governance
User Access Management | Allows administrators to assign role-based user access for specific data sets | Not enough data | |
Dynamic Data Masking | Hides and masks sensitive data automatically based on user permissions | Not enough data | |
Data Lineage | Provides historical insights into original data sources and transformations made to data sets | Not enough data |
Data Preparation
Search | As reported in 11 Alation reviews. Offers simple search capabilities to discover specific data sets | 91% (Based on 11 reviews) | |
Data Quality and Cleansing | As reported in 10 Alation reviews. Allows users and administrators to easily clean data to maintain quality and integrity | 80% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Data Transformation | Converts data formats of source data into the format required for the reporting system without mistakes | Not enough data | |
Data Modeling | Tools to (re)structure data in a manner that allows extracting insights quickly and accurately | Not enough data |
Collaboration
Commenting | Allows users to comment on data sets to help future users better interact and interpret the data | Not enough data | |
Profiling and Classification | Permits profiling of data sets for increased organization, both by users and machine learning | Not enough data | |
Business and Data Glossary | Creates a business glossary for faster understanding by the average business user 10 reviewers of Alation have provided feedback on this feature. | 90% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Metadata Management | Indexes metadata descriptions for easier searching and enhanced insights | Not enough data |
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning Recommendations | Based on 10 Alation reviews. Automates recommendations for users based on machine learning functionality | 78% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Natural Language Query | As reported in 10 Alation reviews. Offers natural language querying functionality for non-technical users | 75% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Automatic Data Cleansing | Cleans data to improve quality via automation | Not enough data |
Administration
Data Modelling | Tools to (re)structure data in a manner that allows extracting insights quickly and accurately 29 reviewers of Alation have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 29 reviews) | |
Recommendations | Based on 31 Alation reviews. Analyzes data to find and recommend the highest value customer segmentations. | 78% (Based on 31 reviews) | |
Workflow Management | Tools to create and adjust workflows to ensure consistency. 30 reviewers of Alation have provided feedback on this feature. | 72% (Based on 30 reviews) | |
Dashboards and Visualizations | As reported in 30 Alation reviews. Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. | 73% (Based on 30 reviews) |
Compliance
Sensitive Data Compliance | As reported in 29 Alation reviews. Supports compliance with PII, GDPR, HIPPA, PCI, and other regulatory standards. | 79% (Based on 29 reviews) | |
Training and Guidelines | As reported in 30 Alation reviews. Provides guidelines or training related to sensitive data compliance requirements, | 79% (Based on 30 reviews) | |
Policy Enforcement | As reported in 27 Alation reviews. Allows administrators to set policies for security and data governance | 77% (Based on 27 reviews) | |
Compliance Monitoring | Monitors data quality and send alerts based on violations or misuse This feature was mentioned in 30 Alation reviews. | 76% (Based on 30 reviews) |
Data Quality
Data Preparation | As reported in 28 Alation reviews. Curates collected data for big data analytics solutions to analyze, manipulate, and model | 73% (Based on 28 reviews) | |
Data Unification | Compile data from across all systems so that users can view relevant information easily. This feature was mentioned in 29 Alation reviews. | 76% (Based on 29 reviews) |
Management
Business Glossary | As reported in 30 Alation reviews. Lets users build a glossary of business terms, vocabulary and definitions across multiple tools. | 84% (Based on 30 reviews) | |
Data Discovery | Provides a built-in integrated data catalog that allows users to easily locate data across multiple sources. This feature was mentioned in 30 Alation reviews. | 87% (Based on 30 reviews) | |
Data Profililng | Based on 29 Alation reviews. Monitors and cleanses data with the help of business rules and analytical algorithms. | 74% (Based on 29 reviews) | |
Reporting and Visualization | As reported in 30 Alation reviews. Visualize data flows and lineage that demonstrates compliance with reports and dashboards through a single console. | 72% (Based on 30 reviews) | |
Data Lineage | Based on 28 Alation reviews. Provides an automated data lineage functionality which provides visibility over the entire data movement journey from data origination to destination. | 78% (Based on 28 reviews) |
Security
Access Control | Authenticates and authorizes individuals to access the data they are allowed to see and use. 27 reviewers of Alation have provided feedback on this feature. | 77% (Based on 27 reviews) | |
Roles Management | As reported in 27 Alation reviews. Helps identify and manage the roles of owners and stewards of data. | 77% (Based on 27 reviews) | |
Compliance Management | Based on 29 Alation reviews. Helps adhere to data privacy regulations and norms. | 76% (Based on 29 reviews) |
Maintainence
Data Quality Management | Defines, validates, and monitors business rules to safeguard master data readiness. This feature was mentioned in 27 Alation reviews. | 75% (Based on 27 reviews) | |
Policy Management | Based on 26 Alation reviews. Allows users to create and review data policies to make them consistent across the organization. | 71% (Based on 26 reviews) |
Data management
Metadata Management | Based on 17 Alation reviews. Indexes metadata descriptions for enhanced insights. | 85% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Automation Features | Ensures automation of metadata across the organization. Dynamically improves data management processes. 17 reviewers of Alation have provided feedback on this feature. | 76% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Collaboration | As reported in 17 Alation reviews. Embedded collaboration using APIs and in-app integrations. | 87% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Data Lineage | Based on 15 Alation reviews. Provides insights into original data sources and transformations made to data sets from source to consumption of data. | 80% (Based on 15 reviews) | |
Data Discovery | Provides an interface to collect and evaluate data to identfy patterns and outliers. This feature was mentioned in 17 Alation reviews. | 90% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Reporting
Intelligent Insights | As reported in 16 Alation reviews. Constantly processes metadata to provide intelligent insights. | 75% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
Dashboards | Based on 13 Alation reviews. Supports 360 degree data visibility via a single dashboard. | 76% (Based on 13 reviews) |
