Quality Assessment

In the quality assessment phase, you determine the quality of the source data. The first step in this phase is to import the source data, which could be stored in different sources, into OWB. You can import metadata and data from both Oracle and non-Oracle sources.

After you load the source data, you use data profiling to assess its quality. Data profiling is the process of uncovering data anomalies, inconsistencies, and redundancies by analyzing the content, structure, and relationships within the data. The analysis and data discovery techniques form the basis for data monitoring. For a quick summary of data profiling, see "Data Profiling: Assessing Data Quality".