Data governance - Record
Data lineage
A record of where data came from, how it changed and where it went
What's it for?
Lets people trace a number back through every change to see where it came from and why it looks that way.
For example…
Finance asks why revenue jumped. Lineage shows the dashboard number came from a warehouse table that started as CRM bookings, then had refunds applied overnight
When a dashboard total looks wrong, data lineage shows that it came from the sales system, passed through two transformations and was converted from euros incorrectly.
Think of it like…
Lineage is like a food label's supply chain: farm, factory, truck, shelf — so recalls can be targeted quickly