The IMSMA staging area is a '''flattened''' and '''read-only''' version of the {{TOC rightIMSMANG}}operational database. In terms of content, the data is an exact copy of the '''approved''' information in the {{IMSMANG}} database, but the structure is less complex and therefore easier to query.
==What's the IMSMA Staging Area?==The IMSMA staging area is a ''flattened'' version of the IMSMA operational database. In terms of content, the data is an exact copy of the IMSMA database, but the structure is much less complex and therefore easier to query. While in the operational IMSMA {{IMSMANG}} database the core object item data (e.g. the ID , status and name of a Land) is stored in one table (e.g. in and other information about the HAZARD table) and descriptive attributes Land (such as single- and multi-select standard and custom defined fields) are stored in separate tables, . Furthermore in the {{IMSMANG}} information are also stored with enumeration values and as links between objects. In the staging area all this information is available flattened in one single tablefor each item. Therefore, there is no lesser need to write complex queries to get to the core information. Ultimately, reporting and data analysis tools can easily be connected to the staging arearetrieve attributes of an object.
==Structure A staging area can be created out of the IMSMA Staging Area==an {{IMSMANG}} v 6.0 (and higher) database. It is typically used as a '''reporting database''', via [[MINT]] or any other [[Other Reporting Tools|reporting/analysis tool]] such as Excel or ArcGIS.
===Main object tables==={{NavBox Business Intelligence}} ===Other tables=== ===Geographical data=== ===Database diagrams=== ==The IMSMA Staging Area Generator==[[Category:NAA]]
