Overview¶
Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation
Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation
The Databricks on Google Cloud OCF connector is developed by Alation.
To download the Databricks on Google Cloud OCF connector package, go to the Alation Connector Hub available from the Customer Portal. Go to Customer Portal > Connectors > Alation Connector Hub. Only Alation users with access to the Customer Portal can access the Alation Connector Hub. If you don’t have access to the Customer Portal, contact Alation Support.
This connector should be used to catalog Databricks on Google Cloud as a data source in Alation. The connector catalogs Databricks on Google Cloud OCF objects such as schemas, tables, columns, and views. It enables end users to discover, search, browse, and curate Databricks on Google Cloud objects from the Alation user interface.
Team¶
The following administrators are required to install this connector:
Alation administrator
Installs the connector
Creates and configures the Databricks on Google Cloud data source in the catalog.
Databricks on Google Cloud administrator
Creates a service account with the Enterprise authentication type for Alation
Provides the JDBC URI to access metadata
Provides access to public schemas to extract metadata
- Creates a compute resource for metadata extraction
Creates a compute (Cluster or SQL Warehouse)
Scope¶
The table below lists the supported features of a Databricks on Google Cloud OCF connector.
Feature |
Scope |
Availability |
|---|---|---|
Authentication |
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Token-based authentication |
Authentication using Databricks personal access tokens |
Yes |
SSL authentication |
SSL Authentication |
No |
Kerberos |
Authentication with Kerberos |
No |
Keytab |
Authentication with Keytab |
No |
LDAP |
Authentication with the LDAP protocol |
No |
SSO |
Authentication with SSO |
No |
Metadata Extraction (MDE) |
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Default MDE |
Extracts supported metadata objects based on Databricks JDBC driver methods in the connector code |
Yes |
Custom query-based MDE |
Extracts supported metadata objects based on extraction queries provided by user |
No |
Popularity |
Indicator of the popularity (intensity of use) of a data object, such as a table or a column |
Yes |
Extracted metadata objects |
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Data Source |
Data source object in Alation that is parent to the extracted metadata |
Yes |
Schemas |
List of schemas |
Yes |
Catalog |
List of catalogs |
No |
Tables |
List of tables |
Yes |
Columns |
List of columns |
Yes |
Column data types |
Column data types |
Yes |
Views |
List of views |
Yes |
Schema source comments |
Schema source comments |
Yes |
Column source comments |
Column source comments |
Yes |
Table source comments |
Table source comments |
No |
Primary keys |
Primary key information for extracted tables |
No |
Foreign keys |
Foreign key information for extracted tables |
No |
Functions |
Extract function metadata |
No |
Function definitions |
Extract function definition metadata |
No |
Sampling and Profiling |
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Table sampling |
Extracts data samples from all extracted tables |
Yes |
Column sampling |
Extracts data samples from all extracted columns |
Yes |
Deep column profiling |
On-demand profiling of specific columns with the calculation of value distribution stats |
Yes |
Dynamic profiling |
On-demand table and column profiling by individual users who use their own database accounts to retrieve the profiles |
Yes |
Custom query-based table sampling |
Ability to use custom queries for sampling specific tables |
Yes |
Custom query-based column sampling |
Ability to use custom queries for profiling specific columns |
Yes |
Query Log Ingestion (QLI) - Not applicable |
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Lineage |
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Automatic lineage generation |
Auto-calculation of lineage based on query history ingested from QLI, MDE, and Compose queries |
Yes |
Compose |
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Customer-managed (on-prem) Alation instances |
Compose on on-prem Alation instances |
Yes |
Alation Cloud Service instances |
Depending on your network configuration, you may be using Alation Agent to connect to your data source. Compose via Agent is supported from connector version 2.1.0.4607. |
Yes |
Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication in Compose |
Authentication in Compose with username and password |
Yes |
SSO authentication in Compose |
Authentication in compose with SSO credentials |
No |