by Carly Dendinger, Shradha Ramesh, and Virginia Ryan
As your organization grows its data maturity and culture of data, it is imperative to have data that is organized, structured, and effortlessly accessible. This is the linchpin for shedding light on strategic business decisions. Creating a data catalog streamlines the process to becoming a more data-driven organization, arming you with the knowledge to make well-informed decisions.
Imagine you can find everything related to your organization's data by entering keywords in a search box like Google. Now envision having control over your data to govern and make strategic data-driven decisions. A data catalog improves the ability to govern, collaborate, and visualize organizational data.
Making Informed Decisions with a Data Catalog
To attain a well-governed and optimal data model, a data catalog can help empower you to find vulnerabilities, understand complexities, and visualize growth and change.
Ever wished for a one-stop-shop to make data-driven decisions? Enter the search functionality of a data catalog – it is like having a streaming aggregator for your data decisions. Find what you need, when you need it, and navigate the data landscape effortlessly. A data catalog makes data more accessible, easy to comprehend, and helps leaders make decisions backed by data.
The Benefits of Data Accessibility
In the data value chain, it is critical to know the effort to take the data up the chain. A well-architected data flow and involvement of all stakeholders, internal, external, business, and technical team members, will help yield the return on investment and optimize cost for business owners. Accessible data becomes the key to swift proof of concepts, empowering your team's expertise and driving confident decisions.
If your organization already has data experts, they can reap the benefits of the data catalog immediately. Data scientists can seize the opportunity to refine code, optimize queries, and elevate their analysis capabilities. Business analysts can meet stakeholder requirements swiftly with accessible data, giving them the edge to initiate proof of concepts. When it comes to security, sensitive data (such as PII, PCI data) can be tagged and access levels managed. Data stewards control who has access to data, manage and maintain the relevancy, while effectively communicating to stakeholders.
Implementing a data catalog is a sustainable solution that spans across industries and organization sizes. Empower your organization with a solution where data is visible, easy to understand, and is accurate for data-driven decision-making.