Business lineage is a diagram that includes, among others, relations of the type "Data Element sources / targets Data Element". It is not a separate diagram view, but refers to any diagram that contains that relation type. It allows you to trace data flows between registered databases and, as such, provides a summary of a technical lineage.
Tip See also Differences between Technical lineage and business lineage.
You can create a new diagram view including business lineage or you can select one of the existing diagram views that shows the relation "Data Element sources / targets Data Element" between Column assets of registered data sources and between BI assets and assets of registered data sources.
Creating a business lineage
Business lineage is automatically created as part of the technical lineage process.
To create a business lineage, you:
- Register the data sources for which you want to view a business lineage.
- Do one of the following:
- Prepare a configuration file that mentions the relevant data sources, and then create a technical lineage via the lineage harvester.
- Create a Technical lineage via Edge for the relevant data sources.
Once the data sources are scanned, the Collibra Data Lineage service automatically pushes relations of the type "Data Element sources / targets Data Element" to Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.
Example of a business lineage
In this business lineage, you see that the Column assets of the Table asset CustomerProductSales have a relation of the type "Data Element sources / targets Data Element" to Column assets of other Table assets.
