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Types of Transformations

Types of Transformations

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Each type of transformation serves a unique purpose to enhance and make your data more useful.
Whether you need to clean up messy data, secure your information, or add new details, we have a transformation for you.

Here are the various types of transformations we offer and how they can help improve your data.

Data Shielding

Data shielding transformations focus on ensuring the security and privacy of your sensitive information:

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  • Encryption: Protect confidential data using advanced encryption algorithms.

  • Encoding: Convert data into alternate formats for secure transmission or storage.

  • Masking: Obscure sensitive information while maintaining data utility.

These transformations are crucial for safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and complying with data protection regulations.

Data Cleansing

Data cleansing transformations improve the quality and consistency of your data:

  1. Standardization: Ensure uniform formatting across your dataset.

    • Text Casing Modification

  2. Error Correction: Identify and rectify common data entry mistakes.

    • Extract Text

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By applying these transformations, you can clean your data and increase its reliability and accuracy.

Data Manipulation

Data manipulation transformations allow you to reshape and restructure your data:

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  1. Formatting: Adjust data presentation to meet specific requirements.

    • Cast

    • Duplicate Field

  2. Filtering: Modifying fields based on specific criterions.

    • Replace Value

    • Spreadsheet Function

These transformations help tailor your data to the specific needs of your destination systems or analysis tools.

Blob Storage

These transformations can manage and optimize the storage of unstructured data using Blob storage solutions like Amazon S3.

  1. Download Content from S3

  2. Upload Content to S3

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Data Enrichment

Data enrichment transformations add value to your existing datasets:

  1. Augmentation: Incorporate additional context from external sources.

    • Lookup

  2. Derivation: Generate new insights based on existing fields.

    • Callable Automation

  3. Classification: Categorize data entries for improved organization and analysis.

    • Add Static Value

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By applying these transformations, you can unlock hidden insights and enhance the overall value of your data assets.

Best Practices

  1. Plan Your Transformation Strategy: Before implementing transformations, define clear objectives for your data pipeline and identify which transformation types will best serve your goals.

  2. Maintain Data Lineage: Keep track of all transformations applied to your data to ensure transparency and facilitate troubleshooting.

  3. Test Thoroughly: Always test your transformations before applying them to your data pipeline to prevent unexpected issues.

FAQs

How do I choose the right transformation type for my data?

Consider your specific data processing needs:

  • Use Data Shielding for protecting sensitive information.

  • Apply Data Cleansing to improve data quality and consistency.

  • Implement Data Manipulation to reshape data for specific use cases.

  • Utilize Blob Storage transformations for managing large, unstructured datasets.

  • Employ Data Enrichment to add value and context to your existing data.

Can I combine multiple transformation types in a single pipeline?

Yes, UnifyData allows you to chain multiple transformations together, creating sophisticated data processing workflows that address complex requirements.