Version V R5 (5.9.x)¶
Refer to the tables below for information on supported database, file system, and BI tool types and versions.
Supported Database (DB) Types¶
Note that Query Log Ingestion (QLI) is not currently supported for data sources deployed on AWS RDS.
Database Type |
Version Supported |
Metadata Extraction |
Compose |
Sampling / Profiling |
QLI* |
Popularity |
Lineage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cassandra |
2.1, 3.11.15** |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
DB2 |
10, 11 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
Greenplum |
4.3.7.3 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
5.1.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
MemSQL |
5.8.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
MongoDB |
3.2, 3.6 |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
MySQL |
5.6, 5.7 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Netezza |
7.2.1.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Oracle |
11gR2, 12c |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
PostgreSQL (enterprise) |
9.6.2.7 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
PostgreSQL (open source) |
9.5, 9.6 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Presto over Hive |
0.185 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Qubole |
contact Support |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
Salesforce DB |
n/a |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
SAP HANA |
1.00.110.00.1447 753075 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
SAS Base (data files in SAS server) |
9.4 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
Snowflake |
2.34.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
SQL Server |
2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
✔*** |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Sybase ASE |
Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
Sybase IQ |
v 16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Teradata |
15.10, 16.10, 16.20 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Teradata Aster |
4.6 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Vertica |
7.2.3 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
SOURCES ON AWS RDS |
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My SQL |
5.6, 5.7 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
Oracle |
11gR2, 12c |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
PostgreSQL (open source) |
9.5 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
SQL Server |
2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
✔*** |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
AMAZON SOURCES |
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AWS Databricks |
V4.3 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
AWS Glue |
2017-03-31 |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
Amazon Redshift |
1.0.1385 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Amazon Redshift Spectrum |
1.0.1385 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
GOOGLE SOURCES |
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Google BigQuery |
n/a |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
HADOOP SOURCES |
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Hive 2 on HDP |
HDP 2.4, 2.5.3, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Hive 2 on CDH |
CDH 5.2 to 5.16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Hive 2 on EMR (QLI over FS) |
EMR 5.10 to 5.16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Hive 2 on EMR (QLI over Amazon S3) |
EMR 5.10 to 5.16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Hive 2 with MapR |
MapR 6.1 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Hive 2 with Tez on EMR |
EMR 5.10 to 5.16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
Hive 2 with AWS Glue as Metastore |
2017-03-31 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
Hive 3 on HDP |
HDP 3.0, 3.1 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
Impala |
CDH 5.8 to 5.16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
SparkSQL over Hive Metastore |
CDH 5.8 to 5.16 HDP 2.4, 2.5, 2.6.5 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
MS AZURE SOURCES |
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Azure SQL Data Warehouse |
10.0.xxxx.xx |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
Azure Databricks |
V5.3 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Hive 2 on Azure HDInsight |
3.5, 3.6 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
Hive 3 on Azure HDInsight |
4.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
* Query Log Ingestion (QLI). Note that Alation does not support QLI for data sources on RDS.
** Cassandra 3.11.15 is supported with the custom DB functionality.
*** Case sensitivity is not supported.
Supported DB Authentication Methods¶
Note that all these database types support basic authentication, meaning, users can connect with their database credentials (database account login and password). The table focuses on specific authentication methods which our customers usually ask about.
Database Type |
PM* |
Cross DB |
SSL |
NTLM |
Kerberos |
Proxy Access** |
Keytab |
LDAP |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cassandra |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
DB2 |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Greenplum |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
MemSQL |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
Netezza |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Oracle |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
PostgreSQl (enterprise) |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
PostgreSQl (open source) |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
Presto over Hive |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Qubole |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Salesforce DB |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
n/a |
|
SAP HANA |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
SAS Base |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Snowflake |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
SQL Server |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
Sybase ASE |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Teradata |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
Teradata Aster |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Vertica |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
SOURCES ON AWS RDS |
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MySQL |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Oracle |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
PostgreSQl (open source) |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
SQL Server |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
AMAZON SOURCES |
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AWS Databricks |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
AWS Glue |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Amazon Redshift |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
n/a |
|
Amazon Redshift Spectrum |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
n/a |
|
GOOGLE SOURCES |
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Google BigQuery |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
HADOOP SOURCES |
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Hive 2 |
Link |
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Hive 3 |
Link |
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Impala |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
SparkSQL over Hive Metastore |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
✔ |
|
MS AZURE SOURCES |
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Azure Data Warehouse |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Azure Databricks |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
Azure HDInsight |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
|
*Permission Mirroring
** Knox, Ranger, Blue Talon, Zookeeper
Note that SASL is only supported for Hive data sources.
Authentication for Hive 2¶
Distribution and Data Platforms |
Authentication |
Support* |
MapR |
Basic |
✔ |
Kerberos (and keytab) |
✔ |
|
Hive SSL |
✔ |
|
HTTPFS Kerberos |
✔ |
|
Wire-level security |
✔ |
|
SASL |
✔ |
|
HDP |
Basic |
✔ |
Kerberos (and keytab) |
✔ |
|
Azure Encryption |
✔ |
|
Hive SSL |
✔ |
|
WebHDFS SSL |
✔ |
|
HTTPFS Kerberos |
✔ |
|
Knox Kerberos |
✔ |
|
Knox LDAP |
✔ |
|
Hive Zookeeper URL |
✔ |
|
SASL |
✔ |
|
CDH |
Basic |
✔ |
Kerberos (and keytab) |
✔ |
|
Hive SSL |
✔ |
|
WebHDFS SSL |
✔ |
|
HTTPFS Kerberos |
✔ |
|
Hive Zookeeper URL |
✔ |
|
SASL |
✔ |
|
EMR |
Basic |
✔ |
Kerberos (and keytab) |
✔ |
|
Hive SSL |
✔ |
|
WebHDFS SSL |
✔ |
|
SASL |
✔ |
|
Tez on EMR |
Kerberos (and keytab) |
✔ |
LDAP |
✔ |
* Support of authentication methods depends on your Hive setup. This table shows all the authentication methods Alation can currently support for Hive 2. For more details on Hive data sources, refer to the Hive section of the Installing Alation: Data Source Configuration guide.
Authentication for Hive 3¶
Distribution and Data Platforms |
Authentication |
Support* |
HDP |
Basic |
✔ |
Kerberos (and keytab) |
✔ |
|
Azure Encryption |
✔ (only in Azure HDP)) |
|
Hive SSL |
✔ |
|
WebHDFS SSL |
✔ |
|
HTTPFS Kerberos |
✔ |
|
Knox Kerberos |
✔ |
|
Knox LDAP |
✔ |
|
Hive Zookeeper URL |
✔ |
|
SASL |
✔ |
* Support of authentication methods depends on your Hive setup. This table shows all the authentication methods Alation can currently support for Hive 3. For more details on Hive data sources, refer to DefaultHive.
Supported BI Tools¶
Tool |
Supported Version |
Metadata Extraction |
Lineage |
Access Rules |
Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tableau Legacy* |
10.5, 10.4, 10.3, 2018.1 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
MicroStrategy |
10.4 |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
MicroStrategy |
10.4 |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
Cognos |
10.2.1 |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
SFDC Einstein Analytics |
REST API 41.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
SSRS / SSAS |
contact Support |
✔ |
✔ |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
Supported Authentication Methods For Tableau Server¶
Tableau Version |
LDAP |
SSL |
|---|---|---|
10.5.3, 10.4, 10.3 |
ㄨ |
ㄨ |
2018.1 |
ㄨ |
✔ |
2018.2 |
✔ |
✔ |
2019.1 |
✔ |
✔ |
2019.2 |
✔ |
✔ |
Supported File Systems¶
File System Source |
Version Supported |
Authentication Method |
Metadata Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|
Amazon S3 |
all versions |
basic |
✔ |
Azure Blob Storage |
2018-03-28 |
basic |
✔ |
Azure Data Lake |
Gen 1 |
SSL, AAD* |
✔ |
HDFS - CDH |
5.2 to 5.16 |
SSL, Kerberos |
✔ |
HDFS - HDP |
2.4, 2.5.3, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 |
SSL, Kerberos |
✔ |
* Azure Active Directory
Supported Browsers¶
Browser |
Version |
OS Version |
|---|---|---|
Chrome HD (1440x900) |
72.0.3626.121 (64-bit) |
Windows 7 Ultimate N (SP1) |
Chrome - Windows 10 |
74.0.3729.131 (64 bit) |
Windows 10 |
Chrome HD - OS X |
74.0.3729.131 |
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 |
Mozilla Firefox HD (1440x900) |
66.0.4 |
Windows 7 Ultimate N (SP1) |
Mozilla Firefox HD - OS X (1440x900) |
66.0.5 |
OS X El Capitan (10.11.6) |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 HD (1440x900) |
11.0.115 (11.0.9600.19301) |
Windows 7 Ultimate N (SP1) |
Microsoft IE 11- Windows 10 |
11.437.17763.0 (11.0.120) |
Windows 10 |
Definitions¶
Compose the Alation query tool for authoring, running, and publishing SQL queries to the data catalog.
Lineage visual representation of how tables, views and BI reports are derived from other tables.
Metadata Extraction extraction of metadata from a source into the catalog with the goal of synchronizing them and providing catalog users with a representation of the data contained in this source. Metadata extraction can be run manually or on an automatic schedule that will depend on your organization’s needs and usage.
Popularity an indicator of the popularity (intensity of use) of a data object, such as a table or a column. Popularity is calculated through an algorithm that analyzes both the results of Query Log Ingestion and Compose usage to determine the number of Alation users that have used the object and the number of times the object has been used.
Query Log Ingestion (QLI) processing of a selection of database query logs by Alation in order to calculate Popularity, Top Users, and supply JOIN information to the catalog.
Sampling Creation of data samples for the cataloged data sources. When you perform data profiling in Alation, it scans the first 10,000 rows of a table. A data sample is a random sample of 100 rows out of those 10,000 scanned rows intended to provide you with an understanding of what kind of data is contained in the profiled table without the need to run a query.
Change Log¶
Date |
Change |
|---|---|
08/28/2019 |
Hive 2 support update: QLI for Hive 2 on AWS EMR with Tez is not supported. |