Data environment change notification

An apparatus for monitoring and providing notification of changes to a data environment, comprising:

• means for storing parameters of interest for monitoring of changes that are made to a selected first data store, the first data store including metadata descriptive of data in a second data store;
• means for storing instructions related to notification of the changes, with such notification to be made to a recipient;
• means for monitoring the first data store for changes related to the parameters of interest;
• means for initiating creation of communication to the recipient based on detected changes;
• and
• means for generating and initiating transmission of a change notification communication to the recipient.

A computer program product for notifying data consumers of changes to a first data environment, the first data environment including metadata descriptive of data in a second data environment, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored therein, the computer program comprising:

• instructions allowing entry of identified parameters of interest to be monitored in the first data environment;
• instructions for monitoring changes in the first data environment;
• instructions allowing entry of the identity of a recipient of a notification, a mechanism of notification, and format and content of the notification as relate to identified parameters of the first data environment;
• and
• instructions for creating a notification communication.

An apparatus configured to notify data consumers of changes to a first data environment, the first data environment including metadata descriptive of data in a second data environment, the apparatus comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium including computer readable program code stored therein;
• a processor operatively coupled to the computer readable storage medium and configured to execute the computer readable program code to:
• store parameters of interest for monitoring of changes that are made to the first data environment;
• store instructions related to notification of the changes, with such notification to be made to a recipient;
• monitor the first data environment for changes related to the parameters of interest;
• initiate creation of communication to the recipient based on detected changes;
• and
• generate and initiate transmission of a change notification communication to the recipient.