Configure Connection to ELT Source

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

After you install the Matillion OCF connector, you must configure the connection to the Matillion ELT source.

Follow these steps to configure the Matillion ELT source connection:

1. Configure Authentication

2. Test the Connection

3. Configure Logging

Configure Authentication

1. On the Settings page of Matillion ELT source, go to the General Settings tab.

2. Specify the following details for authentication:

   Field	Description
   Matillion Base URL	Specify the Server URL of the Matillion instance. Example: https://us1.api.matillion.com
   Client ID	Specify the Client ID generated from your Matillion service account. See API key and secret for instructions on creating API credentials in Matillion.
   Client Secret	Specify the Client Secret generated from Matillion.

Test the Connection

The connection tests connection to the Matillion API endpoint.

To validate the network connectivity, go to General Settings > Test Connection of the Settings page of your Matillion ELT source and click Test.

A dialog box appears confirming the status of the connection test. Test connection will check connectivity to the following endpoints:

Token endpoint - https://id.core.matillion.com/oauth/dpc/token

Lineage endpoint - <server>/dpc/v1/lineage/events

Configure Logging

To set the logging level for your Matillion OCF ELT source logs, perform these steps:

1. On the Settings page of your Matillion OCF ELT source, go to General Settings > Connector logs.

2. Select a logging level for the connector logs and click Save.

   The available log levels are based on the Log4j framework.