Data Classification

Jimmy Hurff

July 07, 2023 13:39

We use labels to classify different types of data. These definitions, describe in laymen's terms, those classification labels.

Classification Label	Definition	Examples
Reference Data	data used to classify and categorize master, transactional and curated data typically, this data is based on industry or organizational standards	Countries States ISO Codes
Master Data	data about the business entities that provide context for business transactions the attributes of these entities typically change very slowly	Companies Departments Offices Products People
Transactional Data	data describing business transactions between entities the attributes and rows that describes these transactions will change at the rate of the business processes transactional data can change very rapidly	Orders Applications Messages Activities
Meta Data	data that describes the structure of the data	Table Structure & Definition Data Lineage