Migrating RDB Data via the Data Vault Generator
IRI Workbench includes a Data Vault Generator wizard to assist users of the IRI Voracity platform in migrating a relational database model to a Data Vault (DV) architecture. Read More
Introducing the ASN.1 Format and Support in IRI Voracity
AbstractAbstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is a language for describing the content and encoding of message data exchanged between computers (particularly in the telco industry). Read More
SortCL-Compatible Excel Data Processing Examples
This article is a continuation of the previous article, which introduced IRI support for XLS and XLSX file formats in the SortCL program used for moving and manipulating spreadsheet data in both the IRI Voracity data management (ETL, data quality, etc.) Read More
Processing Data in, and for, Excel Spreadsheets
In addition to all the other structured data sources that IRI software already supports, it is now possible to read, process and write data from and to XLS and XLSX files in the SortCL program central to:
IRI CoSort, for fast sorting, transformation, and reporting IRI NextForm, for mapping, migration, and replication IRI RowGen, for random selection or generation of realistic test data IRI FieldShield, for sensitive data masking IRI Voracity, for all the above, plus ETL, data cleansing, and wrangling for analyticsand to write the resulting data back to those or other targets, including one or more Excel sheets. Read More
IRI Product Nomenclature & Architecture
The names of IRI software products and how they run have at times been a source of mystery, or even confusion, to the uninitiated. This article spells out the pieces and clarifies their interplay, providing a quick primer for prospective users, partners, and new industry analysts. Read More
Connecting IBM DB2 with IRI Software
Like previous articles in this blog on the connection and configuration of other relational databases with the IRI Voracity data management platform — and its ecosystem products: CoSort, NextForm, FieldShield, DarkShield and RowGen — this article details how to reach DB2 sources. Read More
Incremental Data Masking and Mapping: Detecting Changes and Updating…
Incremental data replication, masking, integration (ETL), and other data refresh operations are common in frequently updating database environments. These jobs require the detection of additions and updates to tables. Read More
Connecting Informix to IRI (IDS12 DB in IRI Workbench)
This article documents the database connectivity tools and configurations necessary in IRI Workbench and 64-bit CoSort-compatible runtime environments to work with 64-bit Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) v12 table sources and targets. Read More
The Upgrade Path to CoSort v10
Forty years after the first release of IRI CoSort for CP/M, CoSort v10 for Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms was released in the middle of 2018. Read More
Filtering Tables in IRI Workbench
IRI Workbench provides a number of features for working across multiple tables in a database. It includes wizards to: profile databases; classify columns; subset, mask and migrate data; generate test data; etc. Read More
JSON and the Truth it Captures
“Have you stopped speeding?” You could probably object to a leading question like this in court, but what happens when an important question with only a yes or no answer is solicited on a mandatory form, and the response becomes part of an actionable database record? Read More