Best practices on parsing semi or unstructured data

[Atabarezz]

Lot's of the data we have reside in unstructured or semi-structured sources...

Really would love to see best practice cases on parsing sources such as;

• web pages with or without tables for competitior price monitoring
• PDF documents like bunch of CV's for HR analytics
• Lists of internal E-mail communications for auditing
• Social media data like Facebook timeline

For the unstructured case;

• Getting a series of photographs for analytics,
• Radar, sonar or similar sound data for preventive maintenance into Alteryx

[Atabarezz]

I'd like to provide some info from a TDWI research, a little bit old but provides an example list of sources;

Which Types of Data and Source Systems Feed Your Data Warehouse? (Numbers are based on 370 respondents.)

[LeahK]

Thank you for the idea @Atabarezz! Unfortunately, we won't be offering this as part of the tech track this year.  The good news is that I confirmed that we will be offering beginner and intermediate/advanced parsing courses as part of our training offerings at Inspire. I'll make sure to provide an update with the details, as soon as the official training schedule is released.