Alation Integration

Telmai allows you to integrate with Alation data catalog. The integration is a single-direction, and allows you to push Telmai results to Alation automatically.

Integration Setup

The integration between Telmai and Alation allows for a seamless connection between the two platforms. The setup process involves providing Telmai with the necessary credentials to access your Alation data catalog.

What is Set Up

To establish the connection, you must provide the following information:

• Alation URL: The web address of your Alation instance.

• User ID: A unique identifier for the Alation user account that Telmai will use.

• Refresh API Token: A secure key that grants Telmai permission to interact with Alation on your behalf.

• Rich Text Object in Alation: An Alation custom field used to populate Telmai's data.

Once this information is sent, Telmai confirms the setup by returning your Alation URL and user ID, indicating a successful connection.

Rich Text in Alation must be called "Telmai Observability"

Modifying or Removing Integration

You can easily update the Alation integration by sending new credentials. If you need to remove the connection entirely, you can do so, and Telmai will confirm that the integration has been successfully deleted.

Data Mappings

Data mappings are the links that connect specific data assets in Telmai to their corresponding tables in your Alation data catalog. This allows Telmai to leverage the rich metadata and governance information from Alation.

Automatic Mapping

The most common way to create mappings is through an automated process. Telmai can start a job that scans both platforms and automatically establishes these links.

• What is Sent: You simply tell Telmai to start the automatic mapping job. You can also specify if you want to overwrite any existing mappings for an asset.

• What is Set Up: Telmai initiates a background process to create the mappings. It then provides you with a job ID so you can track the progress of the operation.

Manual Mapping

If you prefer, you can also create mappings one by one.

• What is Sent: You provide the Telmai asset ID and the Alation table ID you want to link.

• What is Set Up: Telmai creates the mapping and confirms the successful link by providing all the key details: the Telmai asset ID and the corresponding Alation data source, schema, and table information.

Managing Mappings

You can also list all existing mappings or delete a specific mapping by providing its Telmai asset ID. This gives you full control over the connections between your Telmai assets and Alation tables.

Checking Job Status

You can check the status of your automatic mapping job using the job ID. The result will tell you if the process is in progress, completed, or failed. If successful, it will list all the new mappings created. For each mapping, the following information is linked:

• Telmai Asset ID: The unique identifier of your data asset in Telmai.

• Alation Data Source ID and Name: The source of the data in Alation.

• Alation Schema ID and Name: The schema within the data source.

• Alation Table ID and Name: The specific table linked to the Telmai asset.

Integration is only supported via APIs. To learn about these APIs please see Alation Integration APIs.