Course Overview

About Course

Alation’s comprehensive 40-hour training empowers data professionals—analysts, stewards, and governance leads—to effectively manage and utilize their organization’s metadata-driven environment. Through a structured curriculum, learners gain hands-on experience with Alation’s search and discovery tools, building glossaries, documenting data lineage, and configuring policies for active data governance. Practical modules emphasize collaborative workflows, including peer glossary curation and catalog stewardship, ensuring collective knowledge capture.

Cutting-edge AI Agents automate repetitive tasks like metadata tagging, data quality checks, and policy enforcement, reducing manual effort and scaling governance practices. The training also integrates API fundamentals and connector frameworks, enabling seamless integration with external systems. Participants engage with real-world use cases across industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail—reinforcing the practical impact of Alation’s platform.

Training culminates in role-based assessments and the opportunity to earn “Brilliance Badges”—verifiable credentials that reflect expertise in areas like data stewardship, governance, and stewardship advocacy. Throughout the program, emphasis is placed on fostering a data-driven culture: promoting collaboration, trust, and efficient data usage. Post-training, organizations benefit from empowered users, enhanced data trustworthiness, and accelerated analytics-ready workflows—all foundational to successful AI and BI initiatives.