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What is the difference between Lineage and Impact in Atlas?

xiaqinglinv5 — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:22:20 GMT

Did not find much documentation on atlas Lineage and Impact, according to this ppt Apache Atlas: Governance for your Data, seems Lineage is the source of the process, while impact is the destination of the process, am I understanding the concepts right ?

Re: What is the difference between Lineage and Impact in Atlas?

egarelnabi — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:45:26 GMT

@Qinglin Xia

You are correct. When you look at the lineage graph, anything leading up to the entity in consideration (which is highlighted in red) is called "lineage". "Impact" is how that particular entity influences others down the graph.

Re: What is the difference between Lineage and Impact in Atlas?

xiaqinglinv5 — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:32:15 GMT

Sure, thanks for the answer, Garelnabi ^^