Value Title Lookup

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

Value title lookup lets a Server Admin connect values in a column to their logical names in a lookup table.

Use these steps to apply value title Lookup:

  1. Go to the catalog page of the column object that needs titles.

  2. Under the Column Sample section, you will see a blue box with the text Automatic Titling: Are the titles for these values listed somewhere in the data source?

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  1. Click the Yes button.

  2. Add the name of the relevant lookup table.

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  1. Click Confirm.

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  2. Refresh the page.