Data Profiling Services provide a foundational analysis of datasets to understand their structure, relationships, and content, enabling organizations to evaluate data quality and fitness for use. Data profiling is a form of data analysis used to inspect data and assess quality that utilizes statistical techniques to discover the true structure, content, and quality of a collection of data.
These services identify patterns, anomalies, and key metrics that drive quality assessments and remediation efforts.
Key Features:
* Data Structure Analysis: Examine data attributes, formats, distributions, and relationships to uncover inconsistencies and deviations from expected patterns.
* Key Metrics Identification: Measure dimensions such as uniqueness, completeness, and validity, providing a quantitative assessment of data quality.
* Anomaly Detection: Highlight outliers, duplicates, and other irregularities that may indicate data quality issues.
* Dependency Analysis: Identify relationships between data elements to ensure referential integrity and structural soundness.
* Profiling Across Sources: Conduct profiling across databases, files, or data lakes to ensure consistency and uniformity in data representation.
* Workflow Integration: Facilitate data quality improvement by generating metadata and recommendations for cleansing, enrichment, and validation workflows.
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Creator | NATO Digital Staff |
Publisher | NATO |
Classification | Unmarked |
Policy Identifier | Public |