Metadata Analysis with DataFlux^®

Metadata analysis provides a clear picture of the types of information and sources of that information. This understanding is an essential first step to data quality, data integration, master data management or any other enterprise data management initiative. DataFlux Data Management Platform enables metadata discovery by allowing you to:

• Organize your data logically across all of data sources.
• Simplify projects by accurately grouping related data and excluding irrelevant data.
• Gain insight into the data that should be included in a data management project.

 Features 

• Collect, catalog and organize metadata.
• Connect to disparate enterprise data sources, including relational databases, XML files, spreadsheets and text files.
• Extract metadata, such as field name, data type and length.
• Use advanced matching algorithms to identify relationships and potential redundancies by comparing field names, types and formats.
• Manage redundancies by reporting and cataloging redundancies within a metadata repository.
• Refine data consolidation and master data management (MDM) initiatives by specifying which data should become part of a master repository.