End-to-end lineage (source → report)

Trace a column from its data source through every model, calculation, and report visual that depends on it — across your entire tenant.

Feature facts

Available in

—Free✓Enterprise✓Automation

Where in the app

Lineage tab in Tenant Analysis (or any analysis mode), after a scan — see UI reference

Prerequisites

Desktop path — Measure Killer desktop app with a paid Enterprise license, or request a free trial
Automation path — an MK Automation subscription, run via the Notebook sample we provide on setup
A completed tenant or workspace scan — lineage is built from the scan output

Permissions required

Either: Fabric Administrator (or Power Platform Administrator) — lineage across the entire tenant
Or: Workspace Contributor (Viewer for some metadata) — lineage limited to workspaces you have access to (runs in Limited Tenant Analysis mode)

Limited tenant analysis

Supported

Free trial

Available (with restrictions)Lineage view is fully visible during the trial. Exports (Excel, JSON) and automatic kill via XMLA are disabled until a paid licence is applied.

What you get

TODO: 2–3 sentences — describe the lineage graph: data source → semantic model column → measure → visual / Excel pivot field. Include the “column-level lineage from data source to Power BI visual” coming-soon note.

Run the analysis

TODO: step-by-step — kick off a scan, open lineage, navigate upstream / downstream, filter by source / report.

Common workflows

TODO: 2–3 workflows — e.g. “Impact analysis before renaming a source column”, “Find every report broken by a deprecated data source”.

What to do with the findings

TODO: exports, sharing the graph with stakeholders, integration with change-management.

Run your first online scan — the walkthrough that builds the lineage tree this doc dives into
Run a tenant-wide scan

What you get

Run the analysis

Common workflows

What to do with the findings

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