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Inspire 2017 | Tech Track Ideas

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Best practices on parsing semi or unstructured data

Status: Maybe Next Year Submitted by on ‎12-25-2016 01:18 PM
2 Comments (2 New)

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
2 Comments
Atabarezz
13 - Pulsar
‎02-08-2017 07:15 AM

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.)

 

research-fig2.gif

 

 

 

 

LeahK
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎02-17-2017 08:09 AM
Status changed to: Maybe Next Year

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.