#1 most frequent
United States of America
60.2%53 installations of 88
What is IBM InfoSphere QualityStage?
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage is a data quality offering from IBM.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
Data source connectivity
Ease of connection to multiple data sources
Category average: 8.3
Data profiling
Ability to find anomalies and hidden relationships between data elements
Category average: 8.3
Master data management (MDM) integration
Quality of integration with MDM systems
Category average: 8.6
Areas for Improvement
Data element standardization
Parsing and standardization of data elements according to predefined rules
Category average: 8.3
Match and merge
Ability to identify potential matches and then merge
Category average: 8.2
Address verification
Data format checking and valid address checking
Category average: 8.6
Who Buys & Uses IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
#2 most frequent
Canada
9.1%8 installations of 88
#3 most frequent
Japan
4.5%4 installations of 88
QualityStage - Improving Data Quality as part of the Data Integration Process
Pros
- Worldwide address and name rules for data standardization
- Integration with other tools like DataStage
- Graphical interfase to develop processes
- Performance and scalability
Cons
- Should include all the data profiling functionality
- Better features to tune matching capability
- Include AI to automatically recommend actions to improve processes
Return on Investment
- Improving Data Quality
- Reducing costs due to better Data Quality
- Single view of customer / product
- Better data governance
Alternatives Considered
PowerCenter
Other Software Used
Watson Studio (formerly IBM Data Science Experience)
Quality Stage
Pros
- Create rules
- Standardization and normalization of data
- Integration with DataStage
Cons
- You need to learn the language of pattern to create rules
- Must be thorough for the definition of the rule, because it can give you unexpected results
Return on Investment
- The data quality improve an 80%
- We could show all the areas where the issues were.
Other Software Used
IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Oracle Data Integrator, Dell Boomi