Delete a BI Server Source

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

You can delete a BI server source from Alation to remove the sources that you no longer require. To delete a BI server source, perform the following steps:

Note

  • The BI server source deletion process is irreversible. Ensure that the source you delete is no longer needed and is safe to delete.

  • To delete a BI server source, you must be either a Server Admin or a BI Source Admin of the source.

To delete a BI source, go to Apps > Sources > Manage Settings and click the delete icon next to the BI source.

Alternatively, you can also delete the BI source from the General Settings tab.

Important

The new user experience OCF connectors that are used in classic user experience can only be deleted from the Admin Settings page.

  1. Go to Admin Settings > Server Admin > Manage Connectors.

  2. On your BI source’s Actions menu, click Delete Connector.

  1. Go to the Settings > General Settings page of your source.

  2. Under the Delete BI Server section, click Delete.

    A pop-up window appears to confirm the BI source name.

  3. Enter the BI source name in uppercase as displayed on the pop-up window and click Delete Permanently.

  4. Read the message displayed on the pop-up window and click, I understand.

    If you fail to delete a BI source, contact Alation Support.

Deletion in Progress Behavior

During a deletion process, the UI behavior of the source will be as follows:

In Sources > Browse Sources tab:

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If you search the source and navigate to the Catalog page during its deletion, Alation displays the following message:

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Restore Deleted BI Source

Alation allows you to restore a deleted BI source. To restore a deleted BI source, go to the General Settings tab of the deleted BI source and click Restore under the Restore BI Server section. The Restore BI Server section appears on the General Settings tab irrespective of whether you deleted the BI source from the General Settings tab or the Manage Settings page.