Introduction

Clean, timely, and correct data is a business-critical resource for most organizations, because it enables (but is not restricted to) more accurate decision making, compliance, and improved efficiency.

Data integration is often the first point of contact for data arriving into a business (from third parties), and the hub for data held within a business, and as such, plays a key part in ensuring that data is fit for use.

This section concentrates on some of the features and methods within Talend that enable the developer to identify and capture invalid data, so that it can be reported.