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Thomas FrisendalVisual Design of GraphQL Datahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3904-9_7

7. Content Matters

Thomas Frisendal1 
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Copenhagen S, Denmark
 

Housekeeping Proper

A recommended best practice is to keep order in your housekeeping—the accountant way, of course. Keep track of who did what and when.

It is a good idea to keep track of things like the following for all object types:
  • Who created this record?

  • When was the record created?

  • Who changed this record the last time?

  • When was the date and time of the last change?

  • How was this record loaded?

  • When was the record loaded?

  • What was the source system of the record?

  • What are the versioning control dates (from and to)?

  • And more…

If such metadata is available in the data sources, I am ...

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