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Impact Analysis

Understand the blast radius of changes before you make them.

Running Impact Analysis

  1. Navigate to the asset you want to change
  2. Click "Analyze Impact"
  3. Select change type (remove column, rename, change type)
  4. Review impacted downstream assets

Impact Report

The report shows:

  • Number of affected downstream assets
  • List of dashboards, reports, and models impacted
  • Owners to notify
  • Risk score

API

POST /api/v1/impact/analyze
{
  "assetId": "table_123",
  "changes": [{"type": "column_removed", "column": "user_id"}]
}