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Alation is a data intelligence platform used for data search, discovery, curation, and governance. Integrating Prizm with Alation enriches your Alation catalog with live data quality scores, observability metrics, and column-level lineage computed by Prizm — reducing manual curation effort and improving trust in cataloged assets.
Alation integration configuration screen in Prizm

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Prerequisites

  • Alation instance (Cloud or On-Premise) with API access enabled
  • Alation user account with Catalog Admin or Server Admin role
  • Alation API Access Token (generated from your Alation user profile → API Tokens)
  • Prizm version 2.0 or later

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Connect Prizm to Alation

  1. In Prizm, navigate to Settings → Integrations and click Add Integration.
  2. Select Alation from the catalog integrations list.
  3. Fill in the connection fields:
FieldDescription
Alation URLBase URL of your Alation instance (e.g., https://alation.yourcompany.com)
API TokenAlation API Access Token from your user profile
Data Source IDNumeric ID of the Alation data source to sync metadata into
Sync IntervalHow often Prizm pushes updates to Alation (default: hourly)
  1. Click Test Connection to verify credentials and connectivity.
  2. Click Save.

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What Prizm Syncs to Alation

After the integration is active, Prizm pushes the following metadata to matching Alation objects on each sync cycle:
MetadataAlation ObjectDescription
Data Quality ScoreTable / ColumnComposite quality score (0-100)
Anomaly FlagTableIndicates if an open anomaly incident exists
Row CountTableLatest row count from observability jobs
Null RateColumnPercentage of null values in the column
Freshness TimestampTableTimestamp of the most recent data update
LineageTableUpstream and downstream lineage edges
Prizm matches assets to Alation objects by fully-qualified name (schema.table.column). Ensure your Prizm connector asset names align with the names in the Alation data source.

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Lineage Push

Prizm can push column-level lineage to Alation’s lineage graph. When enabled, Prizm creates or updates lineage edges in Alation corresponding to the transformations discovered across your connected data sources. To enable lineage push:
  1. In the Alation integration settings in Prizm, toggle Enable Lineage Push to on.
  2. Confirm the Alation Data Source ID matches the source you want lineage written to.
Lineage push is additive — Prizm adds edges but does not remove existing lineage edges already defined in Alation from other tools.

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What’s Next

Atlan Integration

Connect Prizm to Atlan for active metadata propagation and lineage sync.

Data Quality Metrics

Understand the quality scores Prizm computes and pushes to Alation.