SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF FINE-GRAIN LINEAGE OF TRANSACTIONAL DATA

A method and system for performing automated data lineage discovery between a source record and a target record within a network are disclosed. The method includes identifying pairs of a source column and a target column, and performing data lineage discovery for each of the pairs for identifying data lineages. The method further includes selecting a target data lineage for at least one pair based on calculated scores for each of the pairs, in which values included in a source column and values included in a target column of the at least one pair consistently correspond to one another. Accordingly, data lineage between the source column and target column of the at least one pair may be determined without knowledge of manipulation performed on the values of the source column for obtaining the values of the target column.