data catalog and governance capabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nothing. it is an industry leading and enetwrprise grade solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The catalog part, although we are still slowing but steadily building on it, holds a lot of promise. It will save our team and our user base, considerable time and effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Delays in the renewal of licenses. The application displays warnings that our license is about to expire which makes it look like we are not taking care of our bills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We can easily integrate it with other applications, and simple to configure. Multiple members can comment. Easy to capture the data lineage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No significant dislikes after 2-3 months of usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has allowed me to collaborate with coworkers more easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface needs improvement. It is sometimes difficult to navigate to exactly what I want Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alation Data Catalog is used as a data analytics tool within the part of the organization where I reside in. It serves as a database for all of our data, including third-party data, where we can run queries that are then used in Tableau dashboards, Microsoft Excel pulls and other data analytic tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alation data catalog has some cons which are additional help tools, guided building, debugging etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alation is one of its kind solution that helps in creating a repository of data sets used in our organization. The platform is easy to use and navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alation could broaden the services provided on its platforms such as data visualization and analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The training emails for spam, scams and phishing are really good and important for people to understand about the importance of digital safety Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack of easy access to our Hox Hunt profile to see what is our score and the other training courses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tool helps in getting the data processing fast and a great user friendly tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has data limitations capacity. Sometimes does not respond when processing large amount of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Once upon a time, when we used to work at the office, I worked at a satellite campus with no peers. I envied the analyst groups that all sat in pods, and they constantly helped each other and trained newbies. Leaning over and asking a question feels very different than phoning or IMing colleagues multiple times a day, but the truth is when you are new, you really need tons of help. I use Alation almost every day, and it answers both simple questions, like "what does AT43 mean?" to more complex questions, "Which table do other analysts go to as "the" source of truth? How would I join that to my data?" Alation puts tons of tribal knowledge at your fingertips and saves you from wild-goose-chases and mistakes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the only downsides I can think of is that long-term analysts don't always have buy-in. They think they know their area and their data. Some don't see the value of adding their queries to Alation to help others. To mitigate this, I often add their queries myself (say if they emailed me something), so others can refer to them, and I can easily search for them again in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Link to database to get the most up-to-date schemas Scan database SQL logs to get the table/column usages Allow crowd-sourcing for metadata input so everyone can provide input (like wiki) Provide advanced tagging to link articles, email conversations to actual tables and columns Allow Yelp-like rating for tables and columns so other users can use the best tables and avoid obsolete and misleading ones. Very rich and well documented API to support expansion, automation, integration with 3rd party tools. So when some features like data profiling, data quality, data lineage are not what you are looking for, you can always code in python to push custom content to Alation. Also they have very-well run training, webinar, online forum team to help grow the community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

depending on the deployment, it could become costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.