## Metadata - Author: [[Mikkel dengsøe|Mikkel Dengsøe]] - Full Title:: Why You Should Identify Your Business-Critical Data - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-identify-your-business-critical-data-c58506116a41 - Finished date:: [[2024-01-07]] ## Highlights > Importance based on dashboard usage ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkg4q636e0tctf2ffwqfhdzw)) > Importance based on dashboard C-suite usage ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkg4q9jedfnr31pxfg3v2rzc)) > Data models with many downstream dependencies ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkg4qf6x505cdy17tk72346d)) > Data models on the critical path ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkg4qknyd2gjd3g5tgys3xm8)) > How to keep your critical data model definitions updated > Automate as much as possible around tagging your critical data models. For example: > • Use [check-model-tags](https://github.com/dbt-checkpoint/dbt-checkpoint/blob/main/HOOKS.md#check-model-tags) from the [pre-commit](https://github.com/dbt-checkpoint/dbt-checkpoint) dbt package to enforce that each data model has a criticality tag > • Build a script, or use [a tool](https://docs.secoda.co/resource-and-metadata-management/editing-metadata/propagating-metadata), that automatically adds a `critical-path` tag to all models that are upstream of a business-critical asset ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkg4qy3yafqxpj5rmtkgydap)) > Defining criticality in the tool where you create the data asset ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkg4rvfhg1kg0tkzerkbbtzm))