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The Data Reliability Glossary

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ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

ESSA Framework

01

Definition

Enterprise Secure Strategy Architecture. A blueprint for building reliable, owned data systems without vendor lock-in.

Business Consequence

"Allows SMEs to maintain 100% control of their logic and data."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Operational Insurance

02

Definition

A managed reliability framework that guarantees the mathematical integrity of business reporting via automated reconciliation and immutable audit trails.

Business Consequence

"Eliminates reporting risk and ensures board-ready truth in decision-making."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Weekend Recovery Work

03

Definition

The hidden operational cost of manual data reconciliation, typically occurring at week-ends, where analysts spend hours matching numbers across disparate systems.

Business Consequence

"SMEs lose an average of 520+ analyst hours annually, draining capital on manual recovery work."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Automated Checker

04

Definition

An automated reconciliation engine that runs parallel to primary data pipelines to verify mathematical consistency between source (ERP/CRM) and destination (Reporting).

Business Consequence

"Detects silent failures in business logic before they reach executive dashboards."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Compute Cost Control

05

Definition

The practice of maintaining total control over cloud compute costs by deploying infrastructure directly into a client's private Microsoft tenant.

Business Consequence

"Prevents the common 30-40% capacity overruns seen in un-governed Microsoft Fabric environments."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Structural Verification

06

Definition

A comprehensive engineering technique where data is verified as identical in structure and value across multiple transformation layers.

Business Consequence

"Ensures that '50 sales' in Shopify remains '50 sales' in the final financial ledger without drift."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Modern Data Architecture

07

Definition

Ozessa's evolved data architecture that adds comprehensive headers and circuit breakers to the traditional Bronze-Silver-Gold lakehouse pattern.

Business Consequence

"Transforms a passive data lake into an active, self-auditing comprehensive estate."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Comprehensive Header

08

Definition

A mandatory metadata block injected into every data row that tracks origin, transformation logic, and mathematical integrity hashes.

Business Consequence

"Enables instant auditability and total traceability transparency for compliance requirements."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Reliability Engineering (DRE)

09

Definition

A discipline that applies software engineering principles to data systems to ensure they are scalable, highly available, and mathematically accurate.

Business Consequence

"Shifts the focus from 'visualizing data' to 'trusting the underlying system'."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Capacity Throttling

10

Definition

A Microsoft Fabric mechanism where compute power is restricted when capacity limits are exceeded.

Business Consequence

"Causes reporting delays and performance degradation if not managed via Compute Cost Control."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

OneLake Shortcut

11

Definition

A virtualization feature in Fabric that allows data to be referenced without being copied.

Business Consequence

"Reduces storage costs but introduces significant management risks if not secured correctly."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Discrepancy (Δ)

12

Definition

The mathematical difference between the sum of source records and the sum of destination records in a reporting layer.

Business Consequence

"A non-zero Delta indicates a silent logic failure, making dashboards untrustworthy for board-level decisions."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Ozessa Engine

13

Definition

Ozessa's proprietary reliability layer that sits on top of Microsoft Fabric to enforce comprehensive-grade data standards and automated reconciliation.

Business Consequence

"Provides the technical foundation for Operational Insurance and mathematical truth."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Data Silo Tax

14

Definition

The cumulative cost of redundant SaaS subscriptions, manual labor, and lost opportunity caused by disconnected data systems.

Business Consequence

"SMEs pay an average of 20-30% more in OpEx due to unmanaged silos."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Structural Pipeline

15

Definition

A data pipeline designed to maintain identical mathematical structure and value across every transformation hop.

Business Consequence

"Guarantees that metrics remain consistent from integration to executive visualization."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Direct Lake Mode

16

Definition

A Power BI performance feature that reads data directly from OneLake without requiring a separate refresh or import.

Business Consequence

"Enables sub-second reporting speed on billion-row datasets without traditional latency."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Layered Logic drift

17

Definition

The gradual divergence of business logic between Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers due to undocumented changes.

Business Consequence

"Leads to 'The Weekend Recovery Work' as analysts try to reconcile conflicting numbers manually."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Semantic Proxy

18

Definition

A layer that translates complex technical data schemas into human-readable business terms (e.g., 'Invoiced Revenue' vs 'Table_402_Value').

Business Consequence

"Reduces analyst friction and improves the ROI of self-service BI."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Capacity Smoothing

19

Definition

A Microsoft Fabric feature that spreads compute-intensive workloads over a 24-hour window to stay within SKU limits.

Business Consequence

"Allows for burst performance without triggering bill shock or throttling."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Comprehensive Audit Trail

20

Definition

A permanent, immutable record of every transformation and manual edit made to a piece of data.

Business Consequence

"Prerequisite for SOC2, ISO 27001, and defensive financial auditing."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Z-Order Optimization

21

Definition

A data sorting technique in Delta Lake that improves the performance of complex queries on multi-million row tables.

Business Consequence

"Significantly reduces Fabric capacity consumption and improves report responsiveness."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Freshness Checks

22

Definition

The requirement for real-time systems to show the same state at the same time across all silos.

Business Consequence

"Essential for retail inventory management and high-velocity supply chains."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Janitor Pulse

23

Definition

Automated maintenance routines (VACUUM/COMPACT) that keep the data estate clean and performant.

Business Consequence

"Prevents the 30% performance degradation commonly seen in unmanaged data lakes."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Decision Velocity

24

Definition

The speed at which an organization can turn raw data into high-confidence strategic actions.

Business Consequence

"Directly correlated with market share growth and operational efficiency."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Parquet Schema Drift

25

Definition

Occurs when a source system changes its data structure, causing downstream Lakehouse failures.

Business Consequence

"Leads to silent data corruption if not caught by a Automated Checker."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Mirroring

26

Definition

A Zero-ETL feature in Fabric that provides real-time replication of external databases like Cosmos DB or Snowflake.

Business Consequence

"Eliminates the 'ETL Tax' for specific supported sources."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

T-SQL Endpoint

27

Definition

The read-only interface for querying Fabric Lakehouses using standard SQL Server syntax.

Business Consequence

"Allows legacy BI tools and SQL analysts to access the Lakehouse without learning Spark."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

V-Order Encoding

28

Definition

Microsoft's proprietary write-time optimization that compresses and sorts Parquet files for Direct Lake mode.

Business Consequence

"Reduces file size by up to 50% and improves scan speed for Power BI."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Manual Work Cost

29

Definition

The compounding cost of building new logic on top of fragmented, un-audited data foundations.

Business Consequence

"Slows down organizational agility until a comprehensive audit is performed."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Logic Ownership

30

Definition

The state of an organization having 100% clarity and ownership over its business rules, independent of any single vendor platform.

Business Consequence

"Protects against vendor lock-in and logic obfuscation."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Immutable Data Hub

31

Definition

A central data repository where records can be added but never modified or deleted without a comprehensive trace.

Business Consequence

"Provides a single source of truth that is mathematically defensible in court."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Data Mesh management

32

Definition

A decentralized data management architecture where business domains own their own data products.

Business Consequence

"Improves ownership but requires strict 'Compute Cost Control' to prevent cost sprawl."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Delta Lake Uniform

33

Definition

A feature that allows Delta tables to be read as Iceberg or Hudi without duplicating data.

Business Consequence

"Ensures future-proof interoperability for multi-cloud estates."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Power BI Deployment Pipeline

34

Definition

A managed workflow for moving reporting artifacts from Development to Test to Production.

Business Consequence

"Essential for maintaining a 'Independent CI/CD' protocol and avoiding live logic bugs."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Ghost Records

35

Definition

Orphaned rows of data that exist in reporting systems but have been deleted or modified in the source system.

Business Consequence

"The primary cause of 'The Weekend Recovery Work' and boardroom reporting discrepancies."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Capacity Metrics App

36

Definition

The primary tool for monitoring Fabric Capacity consumption and detecting throttling risks.

Business Consequence

"The first line of defense for Compute Cost Control FinOps."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Lakehouse Shortcut Egress

37

Definition

The data transfer costs incurred when referencing data across different cloud regions or providers.

Business Consequence

"Can lead to hidden 'Cloud Taxes' if not architected with regional ownership in mind."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Data Reliability SLA

38

Definition

A contractual guarantee for the accuracy, uptime, and consistency of a data pipeline.

Business Consequence

"Moves data from a 'best effort' IT service to a 'guaranteed' business asset."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Calculated Column Tax

39

Definition

The performance penalty in Power BI when complex logic is built into the report layer rather than the Lakehouse.

Business Consequence

"Slows down dashboards and increases capacity consumption unnecessarily."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Silver Layer Quarantine

40

Definition

A staging area where records that fail Structural Verification are held for manual engineering review.

Business Consequence

"Prevents 'Data Poisoning' in Gold-level executive dashboards."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Data Ownership Audit

41

Definition

A comprehensive review of who owns, controls, and can access organizational business logic.

Business Consequence

"Identifies risks where mission-critical logic is held hostage by third-party consultants."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

OneLake Security Guardrails

42

Definition

The set of policies (RBAC, OLS, RLS) that govern data access within Microsoft Fabric.

Business Consequence

"Ensures that 'Compute Cost Control' does not lead to accidental data exposure."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Spark Cold Start

43

Definition

The delay experienced when a Fabric Spark pool is initializing for a new workload.

Business Consequence

"Impacts the responsiveness of real-time comprehensive assessments."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Data Catalog Drift

44

Definition

When the documentation of a data asset no longer matches its actual technical implementation.

Business Consequence

"Increases the 'Weekend Recovery Work' as analysts waste time searching for correct fields."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Workspace Ownership

45

Definition

The organizational structure of Fabric environments to ensure clear separation of concerns and budgets.

Business Consequence

"Enables granular budget tracking and prevents cross-departmental cost bleeding."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Reflexive Data Quality

46

Definition

A system where data quality checks are built into the integration trigger, not run after the fact.

Business Consequence

"Stops bad data at the door, preserving the integrity of the entire estate."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Liquid Clustering

47

Definition

A Delta Lake feature that simplifies data sorting by dynamically clustering data based on query patterns.

Business Consequence

"Reduces the need for manual Z-Order management and lowers maintenance overhead."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Integrity Hash

48

Definition

A cryptographic fingerprint of a data row used to detect unauthorized changes between layers.

Business Consequence

"Provides the technical proof for mathematical integrity in a comprehensive audit."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

SME Data Maturity

49

Definition

The 5-stage scale measuring how well a business uses its data to drive predictable ROI.

Business Consequence

"Allows organizations to benchmark their 'Weekend Recovery Work' against industry leaders."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Logic Encapsulation

50

Definition

The practice of moving business rules from spreadsheets into version-controlled, auditable code.

Business Consequence

"Prevents 'Key Person Risk' where logic only exists in one individual's head."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Data Factory

51

Definition

The pipeline scheduling layer in Fabric used to schedule and run multi-step data pipelines.

Business Consequence

"The engine that drives automated reconciliation workflows."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

OneSecurity

52

Definition

The unified security model across Fabric, Synapse, and SQL that ensures consistent access control.

Business Consequence

"Simplifies compliance by having a single control plane for all data assets."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Drift Detection

53

Definition

Automated alerts that trigger when the statistical profile of incoming data changes significantly.

Business Consequence

"Early warning system for source system failures or market shifts."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Comprehensive Warehouse

54

Definition

A specialized data warehouse refined for audit trails and point-in-time reconstruction.

Business Consequence

"Essential for financial firms requiring historical accuracy for every reported metric."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Capacity Unit (CU)

55

Definition

The standardized unit of compute power in Microsoft Fabric.

Business Consequence

"The primary currency of Compute Cost Control budgeting."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Lakehouse Medal System

56

Definition

The Bronze (Raw), Silver (Clean), and Gold (Business) data curation pattern.

Business Consequence

"Provides a structured path for data from integration to decision."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Data Provenance

57

Definition

The documented history of a data asset's origin and every transformation it has undergone.

Business Consequence

"Ensures board-level confidence in the 'Truth' of any reported number."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

OneLake Explorer

58

Definition

A desktop application that allows users to browse OneLake data like a local drive.

Business Consequence

"Improves data accessibility for technical analysts without Spark skills."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Notebooks

59

Definition

Interactive code environments (Python/Scala/SQL) used for advanced data engineering in Fabric.

Business Consequence

"The core workbench for implementing the Ozessa Engine."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Data Silo Archaeology

60

Definition

The process of uncovering and documenting hidden business logic buried in old spreadsheets and SaaS apps.

Business Consequence

"The first step in a comprehensive audit to recover lost analyst hours."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Zero-ETL Architecture

61

Definition

A data strategy that aims to eliminate the need for manual data movement through virtualization.

Business Consequence

"Reduces complexity and the risk of 'Logic Drift' during transformation."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Lakehouse Mirroring

62

Definition

The real-time synchronization of external databases into the Fabric OneLake environment.

Business Consequence

"Enables instant reporting on live transactional data without refresh delays."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Item Level Security

63

Definition

Granular access control on individual Lakehouses, Warehouses, and Reports.

Business Consequence

"Necessary for managing multi-tenant or multi-departmental Fabric estates."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Data Traceability Graph

64

Definition

A visual representation of how data flows from source systems to final dashboards.

Business Consequence

"Critical for troubleshooting 'The Weekend Recovery Work' and explaining metrics to auditors."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Copilot

65

Definition

AI-assisted authoring for DAX, SQL, and Spark code within the Fabric platform.

Business Consequence

"Accelerates engineering velocity but requires 'Comprehensive Headers' to verify AI-generated logic."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Quality Scorecard

66

Definition

A real-time dashboard that displays the health, consistency, and accuracy of the entire data estate.

Business Consequence

"Provides executive visibility into the success of Operational Insurance."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Trial Capacity

67

Definition

A temporary, full-featured Fabric environment used for PoC and comprehensive assessments.

Business Consequence

"A low-risk entry point for SMEs to test the Ozessa Engine."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Contract

68

Definition

A formal agreement between data producers and consumers regarding schema and quality.

Business Consequence

"Reduces 'Weekend Recovery Work' by preventing upstream changes from breaking downstream reports."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Admin Portal

69

Definition

The central control room for managing tenant-level settings and capacity in Fabric.

Business Consequence

"The primary tool for enforcing global Compute Cost Control policies."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Integrity Unit

70

Definition

A specialized engineering team focused exclusively on the accuracy and consistency of business data.

Business Consequence

"Shifts the organizational focus from 'creating more charts' to 'guaranteeing results'."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

OneLake Data Access

71

Definition

The mechanism (Shortcuts, Mirroring, Pipelines) used to ingest data into the Fabric environment.

Business Consequence

"Needs strict management to prevent the creation of unmanaged 'Data Swamps'."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric reporting model

72

Definition

The logical layer in Power BI that defines measures, relationships, and business logic.

Business Consequence

"Must be version-controlled to avoid the 'Calculated Column Tax' and logic drift."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Data Management Maturity

73

Definition

The level at which an organization's data policies are documented, enforced, and automated.

Business Consequence

"Directly impacts the audit-readiness and enterprise value of the business."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Eventhouse

74

Definition

A specialized Fabric engine refined for high-velocity, real-time telemetry data.

Business Consequence

"Ideal for IoT and retail real-time consistency use cases."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Observability

75

Definition

The continuous monitoring of data health, volume, and latency across the entire pipeline.

Business Consequence

"Provides the alerts needed to trigger a Automated Checker recovery."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Spark Pool

76

Definition

The elastic compute resource used for high-scale data processing in Fabric.

Business Consequence

"The heavy-lifting engine for Modern Data Architecture transformations."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Integrity Standard

77

Definition

The set of technical standards (Hashing, Traceability, Consistency) enforced by the Ozessa Engine.

Business Consequence

"The foundational mandate for any Ozessa implementation."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

OneLake Gating

78

Definition

The process of preventing data from entering the Lakehouse unless it meets specific quality standards.

Business Consequence

"Automates 'Data Janitorial' work and reduces long-term maintenance costs."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Information Protection

79

Definition

Sensitivity labels and encryption applied to data within the Fabric environment.

Business Consequence

"Ensures compliance with GDPR and HIPAA across the entire estate."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Data Valuation

80

Definition

The process of assigning financial worth to data assets based on their accuracy and utility.

Business Consequence

"Helps CFOs justify the ROI of a comprehensive audit and reliability engineering."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Dataflow Gen2

81

Definition

A low-code data preparation tool in Fabric used for light transformations.

Business Consequence

"Useful for SME logic migration from spreadsheets to the Lakehouse."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Data Reliability Score

82

Definition

A single metric (0-100) representing the overall trustworthiness of an organization's reporting.

Business Consequence

"The ultimate KPI for the Ozessa Managed Reliability service."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric SQL Analytics

83

Definition

The engine that allows users to query Lakehouse data using standard SQL commands.

Business Consequence

"Bridges the gap between legacy DBAs and modern Lakehouse architecture."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Data Asset Ownership

84

Definition

The principle that an organization must own the physical and logical structure of its data.

Business Consequence

"Protects the long-term enterprise value of the company."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Capacity Alerting

85

Definition

Automated notifications triggered when compute consumption approaches Fabric Capacity limits.

Business Consequence

"Essential for proactive Compute Cost Control management."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Data Lifecycle Management

86

Definition

The automated process of moving data from hot (Fast) to cold (Archive) storage.

Business Consequence

"Reduces cloud spend while maintaining long-term audit trails."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Deployment Pipelines

87

Definition

Managed CI/CD for moving Fabric items between Dev, Test, and Prod.

Business Consequence

"Ensures a independent, version-controlled path for all technical reporting assets."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Compute Bursting

88

Definition

A Fabric feature where additional compute power is automatically allocated to handle short-term workload spikes.

Business Consequence

"Ensures sub-second performance during peak reconciliation windows without permanent SKU upgrades."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Automated Data Check

89

Definition

Ozessa's automated routine for vacuuming, optimizing, and sorting Delta Lake tables to maintain peak read speeds.

Business Consequence

"Eliminates the performance degradation typically seen 6-12 months after a Fabric deployment."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Structural Traceability

90

Definition

A comprehensive standard where every data point can be traced back through its exact transformation logic to the source row.

Business Consequence

"Essential for financial audits and regulatory defense where 'how' a number was calculated is as important as the number itself."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Audit Lag

91

Definition

The time delay between a business event and its visibility in a verified, audit-ready report.

Business Consequence

"Ozessa reduces Audit Lag from 72 hours (manual) to 15 minutes (autonomous)."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Revenue Matching

92

Definition

The state of zero variance between a billing system (e.g., Stripe) and the final financial ledger.

Business Consequence

"Eliminates 'silent leaks' where transactions are processed but never recorded in reporting."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Shadow Validation

93

Definition

Running parallel verification jobs that compare new logic against established 'Golden Records' before deployment.

Business Consequence

"Prevents logic bugs from ever reaching production dashboards."

ENGINEERING // ENTITY_Definition

Metadata-as-Code (MaC)

94

Definition

Managing data schemas and traceability definitions using version-controlled code rather than manual UI configuration.

Business Consequence

"Enables instant recovery of the entire data estate and eliminates 'Key Person Risk'."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Fabric Workspace Isolation

95

Definition

A management strategy that separates development, staging, and production environments into discrete Fabric workspaces.

Business Consequence

"Protects sensitive production data from accidental exposure during engineering cycles."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

T-SQL Surface Area

96

Definition

The extent of SQL Server features supported by the Fabric SQL Endpoint.

Business Consequence

"Critical for understanding which legacy BI tools can be migrated without code rewrites."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

Spark Pool Smoothing

97

Definition

The process of managing Spark job execution to avoid triggering Fabric capacity throttling.

Business Consequence

"Maximizes the value of lower-tier Capacity Tiers by spreading compute load intelligently."

RELIABILITY // ENTITY_Definition

Comprehensive Reconciliation

98

Definition

A deep-dive data verification process that uses cryptographic hashes to prove row-level accuracy.

Business Consequence

"Provides the highest level of trust for board-level and regulatory reporting."

BUSINESS // ENTITY_Definition

Manual Work Elimination

99

Definition

The structured process of replacing manual, fragile data workarounds with strong, automated engineering.

Business Consequence

"Converts a high-risk operational liability into a scalable, high-value asset."

GOVERNANCE // ENTITY_Definition

Compliance Gating

100

Definition

Automated checks that verify PII masking and residency rules are followed before data is promoted to Gold layers.

Business Consequence

"Ensures permanent GDPR and SOC2 readiness without manual auditing."

FABRIC // ENTITY_Definition

OneLake Mirroring (Zero-ETL)

101

Definition

Real-time, continuous replication of external data sources into Fabric without manual pipeline building.

Business Consequence

"Reduces data integration costs and ensures that reporting logic is always running on the freshest data."

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