Source onboarding system blueprint
This system takes a new operational or analytical source from request through governed production use. It records ownership, profiles the data, maps entities and measures, validates quality and access, and publishes a monitored data product with visible lineage.
- Business function
- Finance & Risk
- Operating context
- Across the business
- Primary owner
- Data Platform Owner
Operating brief
What starts the system
A team requests a new data source, feed, file, API, or system-of-record connection.
Named business and technical owner required before publication
Operating sequence
How the system works
1. Register the source, owner, purpose, access constraints, and technical connection.
2. Profile fields, map business entities and definitions, and resolve quality exceptions.
3. Approve, publish, monitor, and document the source-to-output lineage.
Inputs
- Source credentials, schema, and extraction method
- Business definitions, mappings, and intended uses
- Data owner, access policy, and quality expectations
Outputs
- Governed and monitored source connection
- Approved schema, mappings, definitions, and lineage record
Controls
- Named business and technical owner required before publication
- Access, quality, and reconciliation tests must pass before activation
Source landscape
Examples of systems it may connect to
- Fivetran
- dbt
- Snowflake
- Google BigQuery
- Funnel
Reusable core
What can carry across companies
The reusable core is source registration, profiling, mapping, validation, lineage, and operational monitoring.
Your installation
What must be adapted
Connection methods, schemas, identity rules, access classes, and acceptance tests depend on the source and use case.
Start with the closest pattern–or start from your process.
The catalogue represents reusable operating shapes, not fixed off-the-shelf applications.