Generating and Utilizing a Data Fingerprint to Enable Analysis of Previously Available Data

A system for analyzing data in response to detecting occurrence of an event comprising:

• a computer system including at least one processor configured to:
• map fields between the data and a fingerprint definition identifying relevant fields of the data to produce a fingerprint for the data including information pertaining to the data, wherein the data is deleted after occurrence of the event;
• store the produced fingerprint in a data repository;
• retrieve the fingerprint from the data repository in response to detection of the event occurrence after the data has been deleted;
• and
• analyze the information within the retrieved fingerprint to evaluate an impact of the event on corresponding deleted data.

A computer program product for analyzing data in response to detecting occurrence of an event comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to:
• map fields between the data and a fingerprint definition identifying relevant fields of the data to produce a fingerprint for the data including information pertaining to the data, wherein the data is deleted after occurrence of the event;
• store the produced fingerprint in a data repository;
• retrieve the fingerprint from the data repository in response to detection of the event occurrence after the data has been deleted;
• and
• analyze the information within the retrieved fingerprint to evaluate an impact of the event on corresponding deleted data.