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| Harte-Hanks Releases TS Discovery Version 5 for Data Profiling Trillium Software has announced the general availability of TS Discovery Version 5. This version tightly integrates Harte-Hanks Trillium Software's data discovery capabilities with its data cleansing capabilities in TS Quality, and is designed to deliver a new level of sophistication in data profiling functionality. Version 5 tightly integrates two Harte-Hanks Trillium Software offerings - TS Discovery (for data profiling) and TS Quality (for data quality) - by incorporating cleansing of data into the TS Discovery data browser. Business and IT users alike can use the special-purpose data browser to identify data anomalies and cleanse data directly, ahead of data use elsewhere in the enterprise. The data browser features a way for users to correct and format the data, either with the help of a built-in TS Quality interface, or by recoding values in new columns to export later into business applications. TS Discovery's collaborative environment also supports multiple users working together on strategic initiatives such as data governance. Users also have the ability to set up and monitor data standards over time, the company reports. TS Discovery Version 5 includes an e-mail notification feature to inform key personnel when data values do not meet predefined requirements, such as threshold values or information missing from critical data fields. Users also can receive alerts on critical changes and errors and use the TS Discovery data browser to drill down on those errors. These monitoring capabilities also can be programmed as part of a job flow with TS Discovery Version 5's command-line capability. The company reports that TS Discovery Version 5 also delivers these features: * A more sensible snapshot of data through source system discovery and analysis - TS Discovery reads data from source systems and automatically collects information about entities, including count of attributes, count of rows and their lengths, schema details and a documentary description. * An ability to spot difficult-to-find data anomalies through a powerful drill-down - TS Discovery offers an intuitive user interface that makes users highly productive in finding "needle-in-a-haystack" data problems. TS Discovery does not require exhaustive SQL queries. The drill-down functionality enables users to display a set of rows, an individual row and even individual attribute values within a row. * Greater convenience through sophisticated scheduling and monitoring automation - TS Discovery includes a built-in scheduler that allows users to schedule activities such as data loads, key and dependency analysis to run immediately or at a later date and time. Online monitoring helps users track progress of activities on individual schedules. * Greater ease through automated report generation and distribution - TS Discovery makes sharing reports and information easy. The software generates customized reports from any of its displays and in a variety of formats; among them HTML reports or any popular Windows desktop product. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |