What is Data Lineage Tracking?

Data Lineage Tracking is the process of tracing the origin of data, transformation and dependencies across systems and processes throughout its lifecycle. The purpose of data lineage tracking ensures transparency and trusts in data quality aiding in debugging, compliance and impact analysis.

Benefits of data lineage tracking

• Improves data quality and consistency.
• Enable faster root cause analysis.
• Supports regulatory compliance
• Facilitates impact analysis before making changes
• Enhance collaboration across teams.

Types of Data Lineage  

• Business lineage: Explain What does the data mean, and why is it important to the business
• Technical lineage: Shows how the data is moved and transformed, and where is it stored.
• Operational lineage: Tracks when the data is processed, whether the process was successful and if any errors occurred.