Configure Metadata Extraction

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

Metadata Extraction

  1. Click Run Extraction Now to extract metadata. The status of the extraction action is also logged in the Job History table at the bottom of the page.

  2. If you wish to automatically update the metadata in the Catalog, under Automated and Manual Extraction, turn on Enable Automated Extraction and select the day and time when metadata must be extracted. The metadata extraction will be automatically scheduled to run at the selected day and time.

Sub-Folder Hierarchy (Optional)

Configure optional sub-folder hierarchy in General Settings > Connector Settings:

  • Enable Sub-Folder Hierarchy: Creates nested folder structure from delimited values

  • Sub-Folder Delimiter: Character to split folder levels (default: |)

  • Apply Description Hierarchy: Applies description levels to corresponding folders

Example: UBI | Alation | FDE creates nested folders UBI > Alation > FDE.

Note: When toggles are disabled, all folder names are treated as single-level folders (backward compatible behavior).

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