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Case Study: How Xometry Uses Select Star's Column-Level Lineage to Eliminate Data Outages

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Key facts · TL;DR
Company
Xometry
Industry
Manufacturing Marketplace
Challenge
No automated column-level lineage; data outages disrupted reporting
Headline result
Xometry's data-engineering team saved 200+ hours and made data debugging 36x faster with Select Star's column-level lineage, helping avoid inaccuracies it estimates cost millions per month.

Key results

200+ hrs
Saved for the data-engineering team
36x
Faster data debugging

The challenge

Xometry's AI-driven pricing platform spans multiple systems and lacked automated column-level lineage to track where data originated. Data outages disrupted reporting, causing business delays and human error, with data inaccuracies the company estimates cost millions of dollars every month.

The solution

After evaluating multiple tools, Xometry integrated Select Star's automated column-level lineage into its CI pipeline for real-time visibility into data flows across tables.

it's easy to see where data comes from and flag issues in real time

JZ
Jisan Zaman
Sr Data Engineer, Xometry

The results, in context

The data-engineering team saved more than 200 hours and made data debugging about 36x faster. Engineers gained visibility into downstream impacts and shifted from reactive troubleshooting to proactive data management, avoiding outages despite weekly pipeline updates.

Products used

Select Star Select StarSelect Star Column-Level Lineage