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Display User-Supplied Aliases

It’s possible to display aliases (defined and imported with the Open Manta extensions import) instead of physical node names. This lets you see more user-friendly, less technical names in the Manta Flow repository tree and visualization. You can’t create an alias for the resource name (the highest level of the repository tree), but you can do so for all levels under resources. The most common use of aliases is to supplement server names that could be confusing.

If you provide an alias for a node, it’ll be displayed with the active tag “A”. Hover over the tag to see the original name of the node.

Repository Tree

Nodes with aliases have active tag 'A' assigned

Lineage Visualization

Example of lineage visualization

Known Issues

You cannot search for items in the object catalog using their aliases — you’ll still need to use the physical name.

How to Supply the Aliases

Aliases are imported as part of a metadata and lineage scan where they are provided as additional metadata. Contact your Manta Data Lineage administrator to set the desired aliases for any object in the repository tree (except for the top-level resource).

  1. Create an Open Manta extensions import connection.

  2. Create the respective Open Manta extensions import CSV file node_attribute.csv with the desired aliases (the attribute name is MANTA_ALIAS) where the node is specified by its path; for example, as follows (based on the Path attribute in the previous screenshot of the repository tree). 

    "/SAP HANA/b0ccc0384-5e4d-4b52-a3e0-2b34fc9619fe","MANTA_ALIAS","MySapHana Server Alias"
"/SAP HANA/b0ccc0384-5e4d-4b52-a3e0-2b34fc9619fe/H00","MANTA_ALIAS","MySapHana Database Alias"
"/SAP HANA/b0ccc0384-5e4d-4b52-a3e0-2b34fc9619fe/H00/SCHEMA_WITH_SYNONYM","MANTA_ALIAS","SchemaWithSysnonym Alias"

  3. Import the data as part of your regular lineage scan.

How the Aliases Are Displayed

Once you’ve imported the aliases, you’ll see them instead of the node name in the repository tree and the lineage visualization. Hover over the alias active tag “A” to see the original node name. See the previous images for an example.

If you open the node detail, both the alias and name of the node are displayed.