Glossaries and Terms

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation

Note

Document Hubs are Alation’s new documentation feature set for glossaries and terms. Document Hubs are in General Availability from release 2024.3.2. Document Hubs extend and build on the existing functionality for Glossaries. There will be no functional changes to your existing glossaries and terms when you enable Document Hubs.

• See Enable Document Hubs, Glossaries, and Terms for help enabling Document Hubs.

• See Documentation for more information about how Document Hubs are related to Glossaries and Terms.

• See Document Hubs for help using Document Hubs.

Alation’s Glossaries and Terms feature creates a structure in which users can easily find and update business and technical terms used by an organization. This fosters a more efficient and ethical data culture.