Data Federation

Query and use data across multiple systems without the physical movement of source data

Fast access to the most current operational data drives the success of functions with real-time reporting needs, such as call center and fraud detection activities. IT organisations must also enable self-service reporting across multiple data sources for business users.

SAS Data Integration provides the ability to query and use data across multiple systems without the physical reconciliation or movement of source data. It also provides a logical semantic layer that shields business users from the complexities of underlying physical data. By avoiding unnecessary replication and movement of data, you have yet another option for quickly and cost-effectively delivering up-to-date data that is consistent and accurate.

Key Benefits

• Delivers up-to-date data that is consistent and accurate.
• Delivers information more quickly by avoiding unnecessary replication and movement of data.
• Reduces development requirements, maintenance time and storage needs for a more cost-effective solution.

Key Features

• Virtual access to database structures, ERP applications, legacy files, text, XML, message queues and a host of other sources.
• Join data across these virtual data sources for real-time access and analysis.
• Semantic business metadata layer shields business staff from underlying data complexity.
• Instant access to a real-time view across multiple data sets.
• Query optimisation for homogenous and heterogeneous data sources.