Data profiling is the systematic analysis of data in a database for inventory, relationship, or data quality purposes. Large amounts of statistics and other information about the data are gathered and evaluated. As a long-term undertaking, the data profiling process can involve continuous monitoring and trend report generation.
Business intelligence operations can greatly benefit from data profiling. Data profiling is often used in the planning process as a prerequisite to future projects, enabling you to determine the quality, characteristics, and potential problems of your data before you invest any resources into a project. Another function of data profiling is helping you to realize your compliance needs, such as data quality requirements.
DMExpress™ is the fastest, most reliable, and cost efficient enterprise data integration software.* It speeds applications and delivers information to business users when they need it. In preparation for data profiling and other processes that use large volumes of data, DMExpress can extract, transform, and load the data fast.
* Based on actual comparisons against leading competitors, including Informatica, IBM DataStage, and others. Claims are based on results of specific tests and may vary depending on environment.
