Impact Analysis

Understand what changed — and what it affected

Impact Tracking extends Woven’s observability by connecting to your Snowflake query history. It helps you see who’s using a dataset, what queries depend on it, and which changes might cause breakages — all automatically.

Turn silent observability into actionable insight. When schemas change, Woven tells you what it means for your data consumers.

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Why It Matters

• 🔍 Identify which dashboards or models rely on a table or column

• 👥 See which users or teams most frequently query it

• 🚨 Detect risky changes early — before a downstream failure or incident

• 📈 Build confidence in how data evolves over time

Impact tracking runs continuously in the background — no PR hooks or developer prompts.

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Requirements

To enable impact tracking, connect Woven to your Snowflake account.

• The integration requires access to the QUERY_HISTORY and ACCESS_HISTORY views

• Woven reads only metadata — never query results or raw data

• Permissions can be scoped to a read-only “WOVEN_ROLE”

See Snowflake Connection → for setup details.

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Value Snapshot

Once enabled, you’ll get:

• Slack summaries of which models or tables are most queried

• Alerts when a schema change affects high-impact assets

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Next Steps

👉 Connect Snowflake →