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June 23, 2006
The Value of Data Profiling to BI
July 21, 2006
A key function of data profiling is continuous monitoring and the ability to generate trend reports. Trend reports graphically show how data quality is either progressing or regressing over time, through specific measurements. In parallel, BI operations are often run repetitively, on a regular schedule, with the results of the analysis published automatically. But what happens when an extraneous event causes the quality of the underlying data to degrade? How will the BI analyst know this? More importantly, when will the analyst know this, before or after the next iteration of BI reports is released?
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June 9, 2006
They Need It All
June 9, 2006
A common debate in project management circles is how much data quality functionality is needed by "lower end" users. In this case, we define a low-end user based on data volumes. More specifically, a person who works for a firm with a million or fewer records that need to be processed.
Often times to meet the needs of these lower-end customers, vendors try to cut functionality so as to drop their price point. The problem is whether the customer has 100,000 records or 1,000,000,000 records they need the same functionality.
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