QLI From Custom DB

Alation supports several ways to perform QLI for Custom DB:

• File-based QLI (available from release V R5 (5.9.x))

• Creation of QLI View (available from release V R4 (5.8.x))

• SQL Query Execution (available from release V R4 (5.8.x))

Scheduling QLI

After you have run QLI for the first time, you can schedule it to run on an auto-schedule. To schedule QLI,

1. In the Automated Query Log Ingestion section, clear the checkbox Disable automatic query log ingestion. This will reveal fields for setting the schedule:

   

2. Click each field to open the list of values as add a schedule for QLI:

   

The next QLI will run on the schedule you have provided. When QLI is scheduled, Alation will extract log information starting from the date of the latest QLI and ending with the current date.