Why This Matters
Data pipelines are the plumbing of a reporting infrastructure — invisible when working correctly, but immediately impactful when they fail or produce incorrect outputs. A reporting environment is only as reliable as its least reliable pipeline: if any pipeline fails silently or applies incorrect transformations, the management reports that depend on it will contain wrong data without any visible indication. Building robust, monitored, documented data pipelines is a foundational investment in reporting reliability.
Where This Fits
This term sits within the BI & AI area of Performance & Control.