28 • Developing Essbase Applications: Advanced Techniques for Finance and IT Professionals
let down a project sponsor, but consider about how this bad data will impact you
directly.
Do you know what happens to developers who have no credibility because they
built bad Essbase databases? e most common euphemism is: “Spending more time
with his family,” aka “You’re red.” Bad data results in unpleasant consequences for
all involved and so from a self-preservation perspective alone, bad data must be
slain.
2.2.7 ree Tales of Data Error, Terror, and Learning
Presented for your rueful consideration are three semigruesome, real-world, as I saw
or heard them examples of data errors causing deep nancial pain. ese stories
are completely true yet ...