Data Engineering
Overview
Data engineering is a specialization within software engineering that moves data between databases. I like to describe it this way:
Data engineering ensures that the right data ends up at the
right destination in the right format at the right time.
This uses a mixture of tools for automation and transformation that turns messy data into data that is highly useful.
Key Benefits Of Data Engineering
Here are some of the top reasons why you would want a data engineering solution in your organization.
No More Copy Paste
If you have multiple systems that need the same data it is likely that you do a lot of copy and paste. Data engineering eliminates that and ensures the data you need ends up in the correct destination at the right time.
Source of Truth
When you have multiple systems that need to share data common data you need a reliable source of truth. Data engineering makes this possible by using a common source that handles updates and then pushes the data to each system.
Manual Data Entry
One of the great causes of data inaccuracy is typos due to a large amount of manual data entry. Data engineering significantly reduced data entry because once an item it entered it can be automatically moved to other system that need that data.
Data Consistency
I have seen systems that have 20+ versions of the same term. This wreaks havoc on your ability to sort and filter records correctly. Data engineering can clean data automatically so it aligns with your organization's data standards.