Connect Databricks to Alation

This article describes how to connect your Databricks workspace to Alation. The Databricks integration with Alation’s data governance platform extends the data discovery, governance, and catalog capabilities of Unity Catalog across data sources.

Connect to Alation using Partner Connect

To connect to Alation using Partner Connect, see Connect to data governance partners using Partner Connect.

Connect to Alation manually

To connect to Databricks from Alation manually, see the following articles in the Alation documentation:

• (Recommended: Unity Catalog) Databricks Unity Catalog OCF Connector: Install and Configure

• (Legacy Hive metastore) Databricks on AWS OCF Connector: Install and Configure

Additional resources

• Alation website

• Alation documentation