Alation is the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions. Alation offers products in Data Catalog and Data Governance. It empowers their customers to find, understand and govern the data. Alation has developed broad range of native data source connectors. It offers Open Connector Framework (OCF) SDK to connect to any additional data sources apart from their own prebuilt connectors.

Logan Data had developed a Custom Connector from Azure Data Explorer(ADX) to Alation. It is an unidirectional connector. The connector will enable the customers to extract ADX RDBMS artifacts to Alation. This will catalog the metadata(clusters, databases, tables and columns) to increase the ability to trust the data and give visibility for faster decision-making.

Impact & Business Outcome

  • Faster Decision Making: The Azure Data Explorer connector will synchronize artifacts between Azure Data Explorer and Alation regularly and near real-time integration thus exploring new insights and fostering faster decision making.

  • Deliver an interactive user experience: Azure Data Explorer with its embedded search and interactive dashboards give their users a new way to engage with data. The Azure Data Explorer connector will ensure their users are looking at the most relevant and recent information.

  • Connectivity and User Experience: There are many sources within the modern data stack and Azure Data Explorer is one such data source. Having the ability to extract, search and use all data in one place is powerful.

  • Existing Customers: Enable existing customers to connect to the Azure Data Explorer source.

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RWE