Cascading data impact visualization tool

A device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
• identify, based on one or more statistics associated with a plurality of data resources, one or more dependencies or patterns associated with the plurality of data resources, wherein the plurality of data resources is associated with a computing system and comprises:
• one or more data sources;
• and
• one or more data consumers;
• determine, based on the one or more dependencies or patterns, one or more interrelationships between a first data source of the one or more data sources and a first data consumer of the one or more data consumers;
• generate a visualization of the computing system based on a set of interrelationships between data resources of the plurality of data resources, wherein the set of interrelationships comprises the determined one or more interrelationships;
• output, at a display device and based on a user request to visualize the computing system, the generated visualization of the computing system;
• detect a change to a structural configuration of the first data source, wherein the first data source stores data according to the structural configuration of the first data source;
• determine, based on the determined one or more interrelationships, a flow of data from the first data source to the first data consumer;
• determine, based on the flow of data, whether the change to the structural configuration of the first data source will negatively affect the first data consumer;
• and
• output, at the display device and based on a determination that the change to the structural configuration of the first data source will negatively affect the data consumer, an updated visualization of the computing system comprising:
• an indication of an impact, to the computing system, of the change to the structural configuration of the first data source;
• an identifier of the first data source;
• and
• an identifier of the first data consumer.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

• identifying, based on one or more statistics associated with a plurality of data resources, one or more dependencies or patterns associated with the plurality of data resources, wherein the plurality of data resources is associated with a computing system and comprises:
• one or more data sources;
• and
• one or more data consumers;
• determining, based on the one or more dependencies or patterns, one or more interrelationships between a first data source of the one or more data sources and a first data consumer of the one or more data consumers;
• generating a visualization of the computing system based on a set of interrelationships between data resources of the plurality of data resources, wherein the set of interrelationships comprises the determined one or more interrelationships;
• outputting, at a display device, the generated visualization of the computing system;
• detecting a change to a structural configuration of the first data source, wherein the first data source stores data according to the structural configuration of the first data source;
• determining, based on the determined one or more interrelationships, a flow of data from the first data source to the first data consumer;
• determining, based on the flow of data, whether the change to the structural configuration of the first data source will negatively affect the first data consumer;
• outputting, at the display device and based on determining that the change to the structural configuration of the first data source will negatively affect the data consumer, an updated visualization of the computing system comprising:
• an indication of an impact, to the computing system, of the change to the structural configuration of the first data source;
• an identifier of the first data source;
• and
• an identifier of the first data consumer;
• and
• based on determining that the change to the structural configuration of the first data source will negatively affect the data consumer, sending a notification to the data consumer of the negative effect.