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JenM
Advocate II
6 years ago

Obsolete data sources in dataflow lineage

I have a dataflow with 8+ sources. Within this dataflow, over time I've moved from a development server to a production server, and I've referenced both dev and prod databases.   I've also noticed...
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JenM
Advocate II
6 years ago

Sorry, but your workaround doesn't address the bug. If I click on the arrows for the dataflow, all 7 upstream data sources get highlighted. Only one of them is valid, the others should not exist, and they provide bad intelligence.

 

My (horrible) workaround is to export the dataflow as json, delete the dataflow and then reimport the json to a new dataflow. When I do this, the lineage diagram correctly shows just a single datasource for the dataflow. Of course this breaks every single usage of the dataflow, so in a high-usage scenario this would be unacceptible.

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v-kelly-msft
Community Support
6 years ago

Hi JenM ，

 

Is your issue solved?

 

Best Regards,
Kelly
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    JenM
    Advocate II
    6 years ago

    No, the problem is not resolved. Then only way to remove obsolete data sources is to export and reimport the dataflow (as JSON). But that breaks any downstream usage...