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SAP Lumira Essentials

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SAP Lumira Essentials

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (14 chapters)
SAP Lumira Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 3. Preparing Data

Data is everywhere, and it has various formats and types. Sometimes it is structured, whereas sometimes it is not. Data discovery is a challenging process because, in most cases, we should work with massive volumes of raw data in order to find business insights. Business or data analysts have to work hard in order to prepare data and understand data patterns, highlight unique values, or just format and clean the data.

Once all this data has been collected, the data geek must prepare the data that has to be analyzed. Organizing the data correctly can save a lot of time and prevent mistakes. With SAP Lumira, they can format data to fit their needs in order to organize their data effectively. A good data geek enters all the data in the same format and in the same place because doing otherwise may lead to confusion and difficulty with statistical analysis later on. Once the data has been entered, it is crucial that the data geek checks the data for accuracy. This can...