Does the product provide predefined and customizable templates for extracting and transforming data from transaction-processing systems?
It s important to determine what type of data extract and transformation capabilities a product offers. Some packages simply provide templates that extract data from a source system (for example, an ERP package), while others also provide predefined data models and transformation templates for specific types of decision-processing applications (for example, cost analysis). It s important that you can customize supplied templates and data models to suit specific organizational needs. Some packages extract and transform data into a stand-alone information store, and others provide an integrated information store that can support multiple packages. The advantage of an integrated data store is that it avoids the islands of information issue; however, it s unlikely that all the packages required by an organization will support this single information store. What transaction-processing data sources are supported? Many of the market s packages support the data extraction from transaction-proc
