Data Lake for Enterprises

Data lineage

Data lineage is defined as a data life cycle that includes the data's origins and where it moves over time. It describes what happens to data as it goes through diverse processes. It helps provide visibility into the data analytics pipeline and simplifies tracing errors back to their sources.

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Data lineage in a visual representation tracks data flow from origin to destination. Metadata is a key aspect to have such a visual representation. Data lineage also represents various processes and transformation in the data flow and also tracks various dependencies in the flow.

Data lineage also identifies the right source within an enterprise having multiple systems for a particular data element. It helps in avoiding data ...