Glossary term
What is Data Integrity?
Definition
Data integrity refers to the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of product information throughout its lifecycle. Validation checks and audit trails protect against accidental changes or corruption. PIM systems enforce integrity to maintain dependable product truth.
Integrity includes valid relationships and protection from unintended or partial changes. For example, an autonomous product data operation could take a proposed product-family update, check identifiers and parent-child relationships before committing changes, and reject updates that would leave orphaned variants.
Data Integrity in an autonomous operation
- Step 1:
Input
A proposed product-family update
- Step 2:
Data Integrity
Check identifiers and parent-child relationships before committing changes
- Step 3:
Outcome
Reject updates that would leave orphaned variants
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