Cut and Paste: An inadequate method of data manipulation
Business workers usually rely on copy/paste to meet their data transformation and integration needs. This method of data management has several disadvantages:
- Copy/Paste is easy but costly The time wasted on this repetitive chore takes employees away from their business function and decreases the company’s overall productivity
- Constantly switching between files increases the risk of error Having numerous files open simultaneously on one screen increases the likelihood of cutting the wrong data or pasting it incorrectly, and doesn’t enable users to easily verify their work
- It is difficult to merge information found in different formats When comparing and combining multiple files in different formats on screen, workers see only bits and pieces of the overall picture and can easily miss an important detail in the data
- The user is dependent on the information technology (IT) department Only the IT department has the skills and technology to combine large stores of data, but they are often overloaded and can’t provide the data in the timeframe needed
- The data lineage isn’t preserved It is impossible to know what reports rely on which data. At the same time, any change to the source data means that the integration process has to be redone
- No “undo” and no history After a series of “copy/paste” edits, it is difficult if not impossible to go back several steps
Ormetis: the innovative alternative
Ormetis has revolutionized the data integration market by creating a data transformation solution that empowers business users to handle their own data intuitively and effectively:
- Onscreen drag and drop replaces cumbersome and time-consuming copy/paste
- Data loading and organization is automatic
- The solution maintains a record of the data’s original source, so users always know what information came from which file
- All edits, integration, changes, and restructuring can easily be undone
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