Data Workflow Automation
Modernize Data Stewardship
Our Workflow Automation solution is a beacon of innovation in data intelligence, ensuring precision, efficiency, and compliance. Tailored for data stewards, our platform boosts data governance to new levels of productivity and excellence.
Improve metadata quality, consistency, and compliance
Ensure data is classified, profiled, and curated with precision, enhancing data reliability and meeting regulatory requirements.
Use metadata management bots to automate checks for completeness, compliance, and content freshness.
Centralize metadata with data lineage and context to optimize business processes.
Apply data policies and access controls to maintain compliance.
Streamline active data governance processes
Automate repetitive data governance tasks, such as security classification, metadata quality checks, and compliance enforcement. Alation’s specialized workflow automation bots reduce manual labor and improve efficiency.
Create change processes within Data Governance Workflows to manage complex workflows.
Assign the right items to the right reviewers.
Use customizable automated workflows to accelerate data management.
Reduce manual effort and improve efficiency
Use Alation Catalog Sets to help data stewards focus on strategic initiatives rather than repetitive business operations tasks.
Streamline work with rule-based auto-curation that cuts down on manual intervention and saves time
Automatically curate fields and populate descriptions based on unique organizational processes and requirements
"Alation Automation Bots are designed with customers in mind because it was customers who helped design them. Bots as Adoption Drivers will be key to my strategy and the sustainability of my platform in the coming years. I consider them a core functionality of the platform as it moves towards automation."
FAQs about data workflow automation
What kinds of tasks or workflows can be automated with Alation?
Alation automates a variety of catalog, governance, and compliance tasks using pre-built templates, rules, and APIs. Common examples include:
Metadata management: Fill in missing titles, descriptions, and categorizations, and check for outdated entries.
Security and compliance: Detect and tag sensitive data, assign policies, and schedule policy reviews.
Curation alerts: Notify stewards of new assets or significant catalog changes for review.
Workflow governance: Route glossary updates for approval and apply bulk classifications across assets.
These automations help teams save time, improve data quality, and maintain consistent governance across the organization.
What roles or teams typically use Alation Workflow Automation?
Alation Workflow Automation is designed for data stewards, governance teams, and data management analysts, empowering them to focus on strategic initiatives rather than manual, repetitive tasks. These teams can use the out-of-the-box workflows or tailor their own through a low-code builder that supports multi-step processes, approvers, and object scopes. They can also trigger workflows, send alerts, and bulk-create requests via APIs. The platform integrates with tools like ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and privacy/GRC platforms such as BigID and Immuta for governance and compliance.
How does Alation automate data governance workflows for stewards and admins?
Alation automates data governance workflows by integrating metadata management bots that handle completeness, compliance, and quality checks, along with centralized management of data lineage and policies. It uses rule-based and customizable orchestration workflows to route items for review, apply access controls, and curate metadata, ensuring precision and consistent enforcement of organizational standards.