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Thursday, 19 December 2013

The Twelve (Data) Days of Christmas

In the spirit of the season, here’s a light-hearted take on some of the challenges you might be facing if you're dealing with increased volumes of data in the run up to Christmas…

On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a ragged hierarchy.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two empty files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me six late arrivals, five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me seven free-text columns, six late arrivals, five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eight mis-spelled surnames, seven free-text columns, six late arrivals, five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me nine duplications, eight mis-spelled surnames, seven free-text columns, six late arrivals, five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten coding errors, nine duplications, eight mis-spelled surnames, seven free-text columns, six late arrivals, five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eleven double meanings, ten coding errors, nine duplications, eight mis-spelled surnames, seven free-text columns, six late arrivals, five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve domain outliers, eleven double meanings, ten coding errors, nine duplications, eight mis-spelled surnames, seven free-text columns, six late arrivals, five golden records! Four audit logs, three null values, two missing files and a ragged hierarchy.

Seasons gratings!

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(This post also to be published on the MIKE2.0 Open Methodology site)

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  2. lovely Alan! I never knew you had poetic talent. Heres one from me since my confidence in my poetry is sufficiently boosted by the right amount of BAC level (0.01% more and all I will be able to manage will be Haiku)
    There was once a data quality quandary
    That caused the experts much perplexity
    However closer examination, revealed the explanation
    That the data quality error was but a symptom of process anomaly

    Wish you and your family a very happy Christmas and new year
    Amar

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