The ability to integrate data successfully into a single platform can be a challenge. Well-integrated data makes it easy for the appropriate staff to access and work with it. Poorly integrated data creates problems. Data integration can be described as the process of collecting data from a variety of sources and transforming it into a format compatible with the data storage system – typically, a database or a data warehouse. The use of integrated data, when making business decisions, has become a common practice for many organizations. Unfortunately, the data integration process can be troublesome, making it difficult to use the data when it is needed.
