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Pat Lougheed

How Metadata Management Tools Support SEM

Implementing a metadata management tool solves the problem of data analysis requiring perusing thousands of fields, hundreds of tables and dashboards, and speaking with different teams to pin down definitions and data origins that live in the mind of a specific person.

Benefits of Mapping Data Lineage

Promote trust in your data with a metadata management tool, which ensures clarity of who is accountable for the accuracy of a particular dataset, who to turn to if questions arise, where a piece of data originates and how its used.

Benefits of a Business Glossary

Without a business glossary, terms can be applied differently and as a result, two reports generated by different end-users may provide different answers to the same question.

When historical averages let you down

When we’re forecasting student headcount and course enrolments, using historical averages for student retention is a common practice. There’s several different situations where using historical averages might let us down.