Database Reorgs – Why They Matter
Database Reorgs: Why They Matter, and the difference between On-Line and Off-Line Reorgs Database reorgs are useful in saving data space and improving database performance time. Over time, data in...
View ArticleWhat is ODBC?
ODBC, Open Database Connectivity, is an industry-standard application programming interface (API) for access to both relational and non-relational database management systems (DBMS). ODBC was first...
View ArticleEncryption Key Management and Why You Should Care
Encryption key management is one of the most important “basics” for an organization dealing with security and privacy protection. Major data losses and regulatory compliance requirements have prompted...
View ArticleBucketing Data Values Using Set Files
In data warehouses, it is common to map discrete data values to a set of ranges. This makes it easier to write queries that involve a range of discrete values. Read More The post Bucketing Data Values...
View ArticleScheduling Jobs in IRI Workbench
In addition to running IRI software from the command line, in batch scripts, DBMS schedulers like Oracle’s, or through third-party workflow automation suites like Stonebranch Universal Controller, the...
View ArticleExternal Tools for IRI Workbench
The Eclipse™ framework provides a versatile mechanism for configuring and launching external tools. Those same handy features are also available in IRI Workbench, which is Built on Eclipse™. Read...
View ArticleTable Filtering in IRI Workbench
IRI Workbench provides a number of features for working across multiple tables in a database. It includes wizards to: profile databases; classify columns; subset, mask and migrate data; generate test...
View ArticleConnecting IRI Software to Oracle
Overview Connecting to a database like Oracle can be the most frustrating part of application installation and configuration. The many options available with JDBC and ODBC drivers can be daunting. Read...
View ArticleConnecting MS SQL to IRI Workbench
Whether your SQL Server database is on-premise or in a cloud platform like Azure, its data is accessible for movement and manipulation in IRI Workbench-supported products like CoSort, FieldShield,...
View ArticleShifting Dates While Preserving Intervals
One of the data masking requirements for IRI FieldShield that we see in PHI anonymization use cases involves the blurring of dates at the row level, instead of the column level while providing a...
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