MetaKG: A Discovery Engine for Data Engineers

Session Track: Data Intelligence

Session Time: 06:30 am - 07:00 am November 6

Session description

In this session, we’ll present MetaKG, a Neo4j-powered Metadata Knowledge Graph that transforms SQL metadata into a living, searchable graph — enabling rapid discovery, impact analysis, and smarter decision-making for data architects. With a simple extraction pipeline capturing objects and dependencies, MetaKG creates connected insights such as: Which stored procedures touch critical pricing tables? What’s the downstream impact of altering a column? Which tables, views, and jobs form the data lineage for a product dashboard? You’ll see how Neo4j and Cypher help data teams move beyond static ERDs and tribal knowledge, reducing onboarding time from weeks to hours—especially in high-stakes migrations, audits, or modernization projects. If you're a data engineer, architect, or graph enthusiast, this talk will equip you to treat your metadata as a strategic asset, not just a byproduct—and show you how to query your data estate like never before.