ProfileStage Vs Audit Stage

chowdary · Post by **chowdary** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:37 pm

Hi People,

I am confused between AuditStage and ProfileStage. Are they same or different. Can any one explain me the major differences between two.

Thanks
Chowdary.

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:34 pm

In the next release in September they are merged into a single product. At the moment ProfileStage is a data profiling tool with sets of defined profiling functions. After an initial profile it does not have very good ongoing monitoring and metrics. With AuditStage you have a greater range of business rule profiling options such as writing your own profiling SQL. It has good ongoing monitoring options. It requires better knowledge of the source data and I have found it harder to use then ProfileStage.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:12 pm

Welcome aboard! :D

There is an overlap, result of Ascential's acquisitions of multiple sources of technology.

AuditStage was originally a product called Quality Manager, which was acquired when VMARK merged with UniData to form Ardent Software.

ProfileStage was originally a product called MetaRecon, which Ascential purchased in 1999 or 2000, if my memory serves me correctly.