Feature Flags For Data Sources

Alation allows enablement of additional connectors using feature flags to enable use before being made broadly available. These flags can be enabled from the Alation shell, and in some cases from the Labs/Feature Configuration tab in Admin Settings.

To enable feature flags from the Alation shell, use the following syntax:

sudo service alation shell
alation_conf <alation.feature_flags.feature_flagName> -s True
alation_action restart_alation

Specific Flags

Data Source

Feature Flag

Presto with  multiple catalogs

alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_presto_multicatalog

Cassandra

alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_cassandra

MemSQL

alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_memsql

SAS

alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_sas

Azure SQL Data Warehouse

alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_azuredw

SFDC (Salesforce DB)

alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_salesforce

Sybase ASE

alation.feature_flags.enable_datasource_sybasease

MongoDB

alation.feature_flags.enable_generic_nosql_support