An approved version to compare against
Every governed term has an approved definition in the SynkBase library: the wording, the formula, the owner and the version. Every connected copy is compared with that version.
Detect
Catch a definition change in the system where it happens
A formula edited in one Jira ticket. A threshold updated in one Confluence page. SynkBase notices, and tells the people who depend on it before the next report runs.
In development with design partnersFrom edit to decision
- Step 1A definition is editedSomeone changes a formula in a ticket, wiki page or report.
- Step 2SynkBase reads the changeThe connector picks up the new value from the source system.
- Step 3Compared with the approved versionA mismatch becomes a drift event with both values side by side.
- Step 4The owner decidesAccept as a new version, reject, or send for approval.
Definitions change quietly
A business definition usually lives in several places at once. "Scrap rate", "active customer" or "net exposure" is written down in a requirements ticket, implemented in a pipeline, explained on a wiki page and reproduced in a dashboard. Each copy is owned by a different team.
When one copy changes, nothing tells the others. The mismatch is usually found weeks later, by someone reconciling two numbers that should agree.
How detection works
Watching the places definitions live
Connectors read the systems where definitions are written and implemented. When a connected value differs from the approved version, SynkBase records a drift event with both values side by side.
A diff a person can act on
Each drift event shows the approved definition, the changed one and where the change came from. The owner can accept it into a new version, reject it, or escalate it through the approval workflow.
No silent dismissals
A drift event can be deferred, but only with a reason and an expiry date. When the date passes, it comes back. Nothing is closed by one click and forgotten.
Planned connectors
- Jira and Confluence
- Word documents and SharePoint
- Power BI and Tableau
- SAP and relational databases
- Notion, Trello, ClickUp, Obsidian and code repositories