Alation
Alation’s enterprise data catalog dramatically improves the productivity of analysts, increases the accuracy of analytics, and drives confident data-driven decision making while empowering everyone in your organization to find, understand, and govern data.With the Alation app, you can preview an Alation object. Enter the exact url of the object within a Slack message and see a preview of that object’s description, columns, and more. You can then favorite and watch that object, as well as linking back to the object in your own Alation environment.You can also search for an object using the Alation command in a Slack message, select the correct object from a list of provided results, and then preview that object.All of this without needing to leave Slack!Note this is only available for Alation Cloud.
Permissions
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General
Developer
Alation Inc.
Company headquarters location
United States
Terms of service
Privacy & data governance
Data retention policy
We keep your information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. The length of time for which we retain information depends on the purposes for which we collected and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws. For the Slack app, Alation stores the customer’s unique identifier when they connect to the Alation Catalog. If a customer logs out from the Slack app that identifier is removed from all Alation devices. For data about customer usage and search of the Alation Catalog that they have subscribed to, if a contract is ended, the data is permanently deleted. Alation does not archive, remove, or store customer data elsewhere.
Data archiving and removal policy
For the Slack app, Alation stores the customer’s unique identifier when they connect to the Alation Catalog. If a customer logs out from the Slack app that identifier is removed from all Alation devices. For data about customer usage and search of the Alation Catalog that they have subscribed to, if a contract is ended, the data is permanently deleted. Alation does not archive, remove, or store customer data elsewhere.
Data storage policy
For the Slack app, Alation stores the customer’s unique identifier when they connect to the Alation Catalog. If a customer logs out from the Slack app that identifier is removed from all Alation devices. For data about customer usage and search of the Alation Catalog that they have subscribed to, if a contract is ended, the data is permanently deleted. Alation does not archive, remove, or store customer data elsewhere.
Data hosting company
AWS
App/service has sub-processors
yes
Guidelines for sub-processors
Certifications & compliance
Data deletion request procedure
All personal data requests can be routed to support@alation.com. We also remove all personal information by using /alation logout inside Slack application.
HIPAA compliant
yes
While this app may offer HIPAA compliance, Slack does not have a business associate agreement with any third-party application providers, including those in the Slack Marketplace, so you are responsible for validating the provider's compliance and executing an appropriate agreement before enabling.
Security
Supports Single Sign On (SSO) with the following providers
Okta
Supports Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
yes
Has a dedicated security team
yes
Contact for security issues
infosec@alation.com
Has a vulnerability disclosure program
no
Has a bug bounty program
no
Requires third party authorization/connections
no
Uses token rotation
no