Data lineage for Azure SQL database

What is Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database is a cloud-based relational database service from Microsoft that provides a range of features to help businesses manage and store data. It is a fully managed, enterprise-grade service that allows customers to deploy and scale quickly, while providing high availability and security. Azure SQL Database provides a range of features such as automatic backups, built-in security, and scalability. It also offers a range of tools to help customers manage their databases, including the ability to create, monitor, and manage databases in the cloud.

Benefits of setting up data lineage

Data lineage is a process of tracking data from its source to its eventual destination. It is used to ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance of data as it moves from one source to another. Data lineage also maps the data from its source to its destination in order to understand how it moves throughout an organization, this can help to quickly identify data issues and give insight into the origins of data-related decisions. It can be used to trace data back to its source in order to prevent data loss or to detect suspicious activities. Data lineage can also help to identify updates to data over time to ensure it remains accurate. Data lineage can also help to identify errors quickly and provide critical insight into data processes. Overall, data lineage is an important tool to help organizations maintain data accuracy as well as detect and prevent issues.

Why should you have Data lineage for Azure SQL Database

Having data lineage for Azure SQL Database is beneficial in a number of ways. It allows users to trace data back through a series of stages, tracking how and where each piece of data was used or modified. This can provide valuable insight into the journey of data and any transformations it undergoes. Additionally, data lineage can be a useful tool in auditing user activities, detecting and preventing errors and anomalies, and verifiying that the correct data is being used in business decisions. Overall, data lineage can help users gain better visibility and control over their Azure SQL databases.

How to set up

To set up Data Lineage using Azure SQL Database and secoda, an automated data lineage tool, you should start by setting up a connection between the Azure SQL Database and secoda. This will help secoda extract and analyze the metadata of the SQL Database. Then you need to define the data flows and transformation rules to set up the automated process. Lastly, secoda will build the visual data lineage thus helping you explore data dependencies and drill down to the root cause of data errors quickly.

Get started with Secoda

Secoda is a data discovery tool that helps organizations quickly and easily find, explore, and analyze data across their modern data stack. It provides an intuitive and powerful search interface that enables users to quickly find the data they need. Secoda also provides a powerful set of analytics capabilities that enable users to quickly and easily analyze data and uncover insights. Additionally, Secoda provides a secure and compliant platform for data discovery, ensuring that organizations can trust the data they find.