The questions you have sound a bit "bigger" than what can be coverered in a Forum like the one here.   If you found already a paper from the expert you're really happy with, then consider to engage with @PaulHomes on a commercial level to get all the expert advice you seek.   It's in my experience really worth to get the design approach right from start as this will save a lot of headache and effort.     N.B: I've made this proposition for a commercial engagement without any personal agenda and I won't have any personal gains out of it whatsoever. ... View more

Hi, There have been some changes to the organization of those applications since the 2013 SGF paper. Can you share what software offering and release number that you are planning to use? In more recent versions of various data management related offerings, SAS Lineage and SAS Business Data Network have moved from DataFlux Web Studio to standalone applications running in the common SAS mid-tier environment. In more recent versions of the software, you can get to both using a URL: http://[server:port]/SASLineage http://[server:port]/SASBusinessDataNetwork Check out documentation for SAS Business Data Network (search for Add Links to The Data Management Console Home Page) to add links to these apps in DM Console. They are not available by default. Ron ... View more