Tag archive for ‘Data profiling’

  • Datamartist V1.3.0 Value Distribution data profiling

    This video gives a quick (under two minute) look at the Datamartist data profiler's ability to explore the distribution of numeric values in a data set by counting the number of values that fall into a series of equal size buckets. It highlights the datamartists calculation, visualization, selection and drill down features using a simple [...]

  • Why you should data profile.

    Imagine that you have bought a new home, and you've decided to do some landscaping. So you pick three landscapers, draw a rough sketch of what you want, and ask them to bid on the job. But you don`t allow them to come see your property, and your sketch doesn't specify anything about the existing [...]

  • Automated data profiling and reporting- Data quality behavioral modification?

    Recently, Jim Harris of Obsessive compulsive data quality speculated as to if the concept of the "Swear jar" could be used to improve data quality. It was an interesting post, and the discussion in the comments underlined the reality of data quality- much of the time, the problem is not about changing bits in a [...]

  • Data Profiling and Data Completeness

    There are various steps in data analysis- for me the very first one is always "what have we got?".  You have a data set, and some broad requests or ideas about what you want to get out of it, but the first question is how good is the data?  In the end, the first thing [...]