aid: alation url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/alation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml name: Alation tags: - Data Catalog - Data Governance - Data Intelligence - Data Lineage - Data Quality - Business Glossary - Metadata Management - AI type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg description: Alation is a data intelligence platform that helps organizations harness the power of their data by providing a centralized platform for data cataloging, governance, and collaboration. By enabling users to easily search, understand, and trust their data, Alation empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions with confidence. Through advanced analytics and AI capabilities, Alation helps organizations uncover insights, improve data quality, and drive innovation. created: '2025-01-08' modified: '2026-05-19' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: alation:data-catalog-api name: Alation Data Catalog API tags: - Data Catalog - Metadata - Data Sources - Schemas - Tables - Columns properties: - url: https://developer.alation.com type: Documentation - url: openapi/alation-data-catalog-openapi.yaml type: OpenAPI - url: json-schema/alation-alation-data-catalog-data-source-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-data-catalog-schema-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-data-catalog-table-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-data-catalog-column-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-data-catalog-custom-field-value-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-structure/alation-alation-data-catalog-data-source-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-data-catalog-schema-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-data-catalog-table-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-data-catalog-column-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-data-catalog-custom-field-value-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: examples/alation-alation-data-catalog-data-source-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-data-catalog-schema-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-data-catalog-table-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-data-catalog-column-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-data-catalog-custom-field-value-example.json type: Example - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/data-catalog-columns.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/data-catalog-custom-fields.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/data-catalog-data-sources.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/data-catalog-schemas.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/data-catalog-tables.yaml humanURL: https://developer.alation.com baseURL: https://your-instance.alation.com/integration/v2 description: REST API for managing data sources, schemas, tables, columns, and custom field values in the Alation data catalog. Supports metadata retrieval and batch updates for catalog objects. - aid: alation:lineage-api name: Alation Lineage API tags: - Data Lineage - Dataflow - Metadata properties: - url: https://developer.alation.com type: Documentation - url: openapi/alation-lineage-openapi.yaml type: OpenAPI - url: json-schema/alation-alation-lineage-dataflow-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-lineage-lineage-graph-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-structure/alation-alation-lineage-dataflow-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-lineage-lineage-graph-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: examples/alation-alation-lineage-dataflow-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-lineage-lineage-graph-example.json type: Example - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/lineage-dataflows.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/lineage-lineage.yaml humanURL: https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/lineage-overview baseURL: https://your-instance.alation.com/api/v1 description: REST API for managing data lineage and dataflow objects in Alation. Supports creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting lineage paths between catalog objects. - aid: alation:governance-api name: Alation Governance API tags: - Data Governance - Business Glossary - Data Quality - Policies properties: - url: https://developer.alation.com type: Documentation - url: openapi/alation-governance-openapi.yaml type: OpenAPI - url: json-schema/alation-alation-governance-glossary-term-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-governance-policy-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-governance-data-quality-rule-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-governance-data-quality-score-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-structure/alation-alation-governance-glossary-term-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-governance-policy-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-governance-data-quality-rule-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-governance-data-quality-score-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: examples/alation-alation-governance-glossary-term-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-governance-policy-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-governance-data-quality-rule-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-governance-data-quality-score-example.json type: Example - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/governance-data-quality.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/governance-glossary-terms.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/governance-policies.yaml humanURL: https://developer.alation.com baseURL: https://your-instance.alation.com/integration/v2 description: REST API for data governance workflows in Alation, including business glossary management, governance policy enforcement, and data quality rules and scoring. - aid: alation:search-api name: Alation Search API tags: - Search - Data Discovery - AI - Catalog properties: - url: https://developer.alation.com type: Documentation - url: openapi/alation-search-openapi.yaml type: OpenAPI - url: json-schema/alation-alation-search-search-result-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-search-search-results-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-search-context-request-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-schema/alation-alation-search-article-schema.json type: JSONSchema - url: json-structure/alation-alation-search-search-result-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-search-search-results-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-search-context-request-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: json-structure/alation-alation-search-article-structure.json type: JSONStructure - url: examples/alation-alation-search-search-result-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-search-search-results-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-search-context-request-example.json type: Example - url: examples/alation-alation-search-article-example.json type: Example - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/search-aggregated-context.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/search-search.yaml humanURL: https://developer.alation.com baseURL: https://your-instance.alation.com/integration/v2 description: REST API for searching and discovering catalog assets in Alation. Supports full-text search, AI-powered aggregated context retrieval, and article browsing. common: - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alation - url: https://alation.com type: Website - url: https://developer.alation.com type: Documentation - url: https://developer.alation.com/dev/docs/about-the-alation-apis type: GettingStarted - url: https://github.com/Alation type: GitHubOrganization - url: rules/alation-spectral-rules.yml type: SpectralRules - url: vocabulary/alation-vocabulary.yaml type: Vocabulary - url: json-ld/alation-alation-context.jsonld type: JSONLD - type: Features data: - name: Data Catalog description: Centralized catalog for data sources, schemas, tables, and columns with rich metadata, descriptions, and custom fields for discoverability. - name: Data Lineage description: End-to-end data lineage tracking via dataflow objects showing how data moves between sources, transformations, and targets. - name: Business Glossary description: Collaborative business glossary for defining standardized terms, abbreviations, and synonyms with stewardship assignments. - name: Data Quality description: Comprehensive data quality rules covering accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness, validity, and custom dimensions. - name: Governance Policies description: Governance policy management for data protection, retention, access control, and quality enforcement across the enterprise. - name: AI-Powered Search description: Full-text and semantic search powered by AI for discovering trusted data assets, with aggregated context for LLM consumption. - name: Aggregated Context API description: Specialized API for AI applications to retrieve structured catalog context for natural language queries, enabling RAG and AI agent workflows. - name: Custom Fields description: Extensible metadata framework with custom fields for any catalog object type, supporting batch updates via the REST API. - type: UseCases data: - name: Enterprise Data Discovery description: Enable data teams to search and find trusted data assets across all data sources using metadata-enriched catalog browsing and search. - name: Data Governance Compliance description: Enforce data governance policies, maintain business glossaries, and track stewardship for regulatory compliance and data accountability. - name: AI Data Context description: Power AI applications with structured catalog context from the aggregated context API, enabling accurate data-aware LLM responses. - name: Data Lineage Auditing description: Track data flows between systems for compliance auditing, impact analysis, and root cause investigation of data quality issues. - name: Data Quality Management description: Define and score data quality rules across catalog objects for continuous quality monitoring and improvement workflows. - type: Integrations data: - name: Snowflake description: Native Snowflake integration for automatic metadata harvesting and query log analysis to build comprehensive data lineage. - name: dbt description: dbt integration for capturing transformation lineage and linking dbt models to physical tables in the Alation catalog. - name: Tableau description: BI metadata integration for cataloging Tableau reports and dashboards with lineage to underlying data sources. - name: Python SDK description: Official Python SDK and AI Agent SDK for programmatic access to Alation catalog APIs and AI agent development. - name: Apache Atlas description: Integration with Apache Atlas for federated metadata management across heterogeneous data platforms. - type: Integrations url: https://www.alation.com/partners/ integrations: - name: headerLogo - name: hamburgerMenu - name: close_btn - name: chevron - name: Hammer and screwdriver tools icons - name: Navigation Icon Search - name: Navigation Icon Data Catalog - name: Navigation Icon Data Governance - name: Chat with Your Data grey - name: Chat with Your Data orange - name: Navigation Icon Data Lineage - name: Navigation Icon Alation Analytics - name: Agent Builder Grey - name: Agent Builder Orange - name: Navigation Icon Active Metadata Graph - name: Navigation Icon Workflow Automation - 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