Data Management - what it's all about
Computer systems have procedures which operate by processing data
to produce results. The data is typically stored in various ways,
ranging from ”formal” databases such as Oracle, SQL server,
FoxPro or Access, through spreadsheets like Excel, to more narrative
shapes (word-processing documents and e-mails). Users may be integrating
this every day with other sources like card indexes, bundles of forms
in box files and pieces of paper.
This works well on a day-to-day basis because people know where
to find the data most important to them. For example, staff in the
Goods Inwards department probably won’t even use the computer
system to get a phone number to chase a faulty or deficient delivery
– the quickest, most accurate, most convenient place to find
it is on the delivery note.
When the computer system changes, however, the data has to be re-aligned,
and decisions made as to where to source the data from, so that
it is synchronised, accurate and pertinent.
Crucial to this operation is the ability to extract data from a
variety of sources, check it if necessary, and reassemble it.
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