Data Consolidation Wizard for Data Quality
Given the amount of data businesses garner daily from human interaction, it is easy to understand how their sources become rife with redundant or erroneous entries. Read More
Voracity and the Logical Data Warehouse (LDW)
The traditional or Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) has been at the center of data’s transformation to business intelligence (BI) for years. An EDW involves a centralized data repository (traditionally, a relational database) from which data marts and reports are built. Read More
Flat-File Profiling
Update: Q2’16: In addition to the flat-file profiling wizard in the data discovery menu group in IRI Workbench described below, IRI has introduced robust data classification that enables the application of field rules for multi-source data transformation and protection through data class libraries. Read More
The Importance of a Unified View of the Customer
Customers drive business, and they want to be understood and valued. That starts with getting their (only) name right, and having an accurate view of their transaction history, preferences, and related information. Read More
Data Quality and Fuzzy Searching
IRI is now also delivering fuzzy search functions, both in its free database and flat-file profiling tools, and as available field-function libraries in IRI CoSort, FieldShield, and Voracity to augment data quality, security, and MDM capabilities. Read More
Capturing Business Value with Enterprise Metadata Management
As data itself has become currency, the metadata describing it — and what happens to it — has also emerged as a core asset of modern business. Read More
Drawing Values from Set Files
This article looks at sets from an informational processing perspective; what they are; how they are constructed; and, distinct ways in which data can be drawn from sets within IRI software products using the SortCL data definition and processing program; i.e., Read More
Database Profiling in IRI Workbench
Editors Updates: Q2’16: In addition to the database profiling wizard in the data discovery menu group in IRI Workbench described below, IRI has introduced robust data classification that enables the application of field rules for multi-source data transformation and protection through data class libraries. Read More
Connecting to 84 More Data Sources
Data architects and data scientists, as well as DBAs and governance teams, may need to use or migrate data in legacy file formats and databases. Additionally, the ability to mash-up those sources with newer file and database repositories is important in data integration (ETL) and analytic projects, as well as in data profiling for data loss prevention and privacy law compliance. Read More
Master Data Management with Git
Master Data Management (MDM) is a strategic enterprise information management (EIM) life cycle initiative designed to foster the consistency and accurate maintenance of master (or reference) data. Read More
Using Data Templates to Find Data Format Errors
In Working towards Data Quality, we defined data quality (DQ) as a state in which data can be used for operations. What makes the quality of data high is the paucity of errors. Read More