K automates data governance change management by identifying and notifying stakeholders who are impacted by relevant changes — ensuring the right people are kept informed without requiring manual communication effort.
How It Works
When a governance-relevant change occurs (e.g. a schema change, an ownership update, a new PII classification, or a data quality failure), K:
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Identifies impacted stakeholders using lineage and usage data — this includes downstream users, data owners, stewards, and report consumers
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Sends automated notifications via K's notification system or through connected collaboration channels (e.g. MS Teams, Slack, email)
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Links to relevant context — notifications include a direct link to the affected asset's Data Profile Page and the change event in the Data Change Timeline
Use Cases
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A table schema changes upstream → downstream report owners are notified
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A data asset is reclassified as sensitive → the data owner and steward are alerted
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A DQ test failure is detected → recent users of the affected asset are notified
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Governance tags are updated in bulk → relevant stakeholders are informed of the changes