What breaks on Snowflake if I drop or rename a column?
Query the Snowflake lineage graph for downstream dependents of a column. You see every model and dashboard affected before you make the change.
Command
bruin lineageDefined in
SQL + YAML
Works with
Snowflake + Bruin CLI
What you get
Impact analysisemergentcolumn-level
How it works in code
$ bruin lineage ./pipeline --downstream # snowflakeRun bruin lineage and you see the full Snowflake column graph before changing anything.
Related use cases
Lineage by warehouse
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Know what a change will break
Open source. Emergent column-level lineage across SQL and Python assets.