No data system is immune from quality issues. At some point, a human being will invariably make a mistake with a record–be it a typo or a coding error–and a bit of corrupted data will make it into the system. What happens
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We bought a puppy. We named her Magnolia, but decided to use the name “Maggie” for short. As a formerly popular comedian once said, “”Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.” I’ve
Data overlays are perhaps the most insidious of all data warehousing issues. A data overlay is exactly what it sounds like–an existing demographic record with a distinct unique identifier is updated to a completely different demographic record but with the SAME unique
I was talking with my wife Heater about her recent visit to the doctor. It was a routine visit with nothing really new, but when she arrived, the reception wanted to pull up her file and asked her name. “Heather,” she said.