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Explainer Video: Data Vault – Hubs, Links, Satellites & Beyond

In this hands-on virtual tour recording, Patrick O’Halloran (Senior Solutions Architect, WhereScape) takes Data Vault from intimidating to intuitive; all in only 30 minutes.

Come learn with Patrick as he shows you how a simple, business-first model becomes a working Raw Vault: without hand-wiring hubs, links, or satellites.

You’ll see WhereScape 3D + RED turn rules and metadata into target-ready objects, ELT jobs and documentation.

What you’ll learn by watching:

  • The blueprint: move from conceptual → logical → physical modeling, and why starting business-first avoids fragile “source-system modeling.”
  • Source discovery & profiling: connect to databases, files, and APIs; derive relationships; use profiling stats (e.g., null percentages) to de-risk keys and data quality early.
  • Rules in 3D: apply conventions, volatility, and PII handling once—let the rules engine propagate naming, types, validation, and repeatable patterns.
  • One-click Data Vault generation: automatically produce hubs, links, and satellites from your logical design—and safely regenerate as requirements change.
  • Load & stage automation: create EL pipelines and type-casting for your chosen target (Snowflake in the demo; also supports Fabric, Databricks, SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres & more).
  • Orchestration in RED: generate ELT code, schedule parallel loads, set dependencies/retries, and monitor runs—without brittle scripting.
  • Lineage & impact analysis: detect upstream schema drift and trace downstream effects before production breaks.
  • Scale by example: watch ~11 source tables expand into 60+ managed objects in minutes—without manual wiring.
  • Beyond the Raw Vault: quickly add PITs/Bridges and publish query-ready views that emulate facts/dimensions for analytics.