SAP SE
Data relevancy analysis for big data analytics

Abstract:

The present disclosure involves analyzing data relevancy of particular fields within one or more databases in a big data system. In one example method, an interaction with at least one of a plurality of monitored data sources is identified, wherein the identified interactions is associated with a particular field of a database table of one of the monitored data sources. A set of data associated with the interaction is determined which includes an identification of each field associated with the identified interaction and a count of a number of interactions associated with each particular field. A relevancy index table is updated to include the determined set of data, wherein each identified field is associated with a row in the index table. At least one relevancy rule is identified for the relevancy index table and is executed to generate a relevancy score for at least one of the fields.