Integration planning / engineering teams
Draw the boundary between your systems.
Relay295 is an integration-planning concept for engineers mapping data producers, transformations and downstream contracts.
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Public-facing work
Measurement needs a data contract too
Marketing events cross systems just as operational data does. Define the event, destination and duplicate-handling rules before relying on a campaign report. Webbnix offers conversion tracking and digital advertising services for businesses considering that measurement context.
Relay295 / specimen
An example to explore
| Item | Context | State |
|---|---|---|
| CRM event | Validate identifier | Source |
| Mapping step | Normalise currency | Transform |
| Analytics store | Reject duplicates | Destination |
Identifying the source of truth
Explore Relay295 ↗Practical notes
01Documenting a data contract
A connection diagram can show endpoints while omitting the meaning of the fields that cross between them.
Planning an integration failure path
State the source of truth and transformation rule for each critical field. Document what happens when a dependency is unavailable.
Identifying the source of truth
A practical note using the analytics store example.
State the source of truth and transformation rule for each critical field. Document what happens when a dependency is unavailable.
Why it matters
Documenting a data contract
A connection diagram can show endpoints while omitting the meaning of the fields that cross between them.
State the source of truth and transformation rule for each critical field. Document what happens when a dependency is unavailable.
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