Data is all loaded, so why won't it add up? Try Six Levels of Data Integration

Data is all loaded, so why won't it add up? Try Six Levels of Data Integration | Done in 60 Seconds

Data is all loaded, so why won't it add up?

Two systems both send account 12345, they get merged, and now Bob is showing Kate's money.

Loaded doesn't mean integrated.

Six Levels of Data Integration builds from the bottom up, and each level asks one question:

1. Common Model: Which table?
2. Key: Same thing?
3. Attribute: Same meaning?
4. Consolidation: Which source?
5. Value: Same codes?
6. Format: Same layout?

Skip a level and everything above it falls. With all six in place, you can swap a source and the numbers stay right.

Read more in Patrik Lager's article on the Daana blog: adiwow.com/9233

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