Data Flow

Each company has its own set of databases and systems that also impact the decision of what tool or combination of tools work best. The first principle, and the most important principle you should adhere to, above anything else, is to reduce the number of reconciliation steps. Some companies have a data mart they want to use as the source of all the data they have, and they need the consolidation tool. Or, for whatever reason, they do not want to source the data from the ledger. If that company understands that they are giving up some functionality, such as the ability to drill into the data they are loading, it is not the worst thing they could do. Assume you have several feeds coming into the data mart. Then you want to have those ...

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