What is Foundational?
Foundational is a modern data management platform that helps teams find, fix, and prevent data incidents before they happen. By integrating directly with your git repositories, it automates impact analysis, data lineage tracking, and contract enforcement—so you can ship code with confidence.
What are the features of Foundational?
- Pre-Deploy Impact Analysis: Catch risky code changes before they go live.
- Automated Data Lineage: Track column-level lineage across your entire stack—no manual setup needed.
- Data Contracts: Enforce agreements between data producers and consumers automatically.
- AI-Powered Governance: Use natural language to create custom governance workflows.
- Cost Optimization: Spot and fix wasteful data warehouse spending.
What are the use cases of Foundational?
- Prevent Data Incidents: Stop broken pipelines before they break your dashboards.
- Simplify Compliance: Automate privacy checks and track sensitive data end-to-end.
- Boost Developer Productivity: Get instant context on how code changes impact data.
- Optimize Costs: Identify unused or inefficient queries draining your budget.
How to use Foundational?
- Integrate with Git: Connect Foundational to your repositories in minutes.
- Set Policies: Define rules for data quality, contracts, or cost thresholds.
- Review PRs: Foundational flags risky changes in pull requests.
- Monitor Lineage: Visualize how data flows across your systems.
