Descriptive Lineage Improves Data Lineage Tracking

Automation is often in the forefront when discussing Descriptive Lineage and how to attain it

ETL tools, largely used for business intelligence and data warehousing, dominated data integration at the time

The target user community for each use case should be taken into account while talking about Descriptive Lineage use cases

The latter two use cases are higher level, more abstract, and directly target non-technical people who are interested in the big picture

You can join items together that aren’t otherwise automatically associated by using Descriptive Lineage

Descriptive Lineage fills in the blanks and crosses gaps in their existing lineage in this use case, making it more comprehensive

Emerging technology portfolios offer the next significant application for Descriptive Lineage