{"id":1120,"date":"2026-05-05T21:35:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/?page_id=1120"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:58:53","slug":"examples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/?page_id=1120","title":{"rendered":"Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1120\" class=\"elementor elementor-1120\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97c5b0f e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-97c5b0f-f606a70 \" data-id=\"97c5b0f\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"97c5b0f\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"97c5b0f\">\n    \t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"b1254a0\" class=\"e-b1254a0-afb1876 e-heading-base\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"b1254a0\">Why is up-front data profiling important?<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614e1e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"614e1e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38ecff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38ecff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Example #1:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b77c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24b77c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b53492 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b53492\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-554ce98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"554ce98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a real life example of an issue that was detected when profiling a legacy mainframe system. One policy was found to have an insured with a gender code of &#8220;C&#8221;, a company. We would open a TIM item to record this as no life policy can have a company as the insured.<\/p><p>We want to detect such anomalies early, as the gender code would need to be corrected and also to investigate the accuracy of premiums due to this error.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" data-interaction-id=\"d25dd30\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"d25dd30\" id=\"1452\" src=\"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_sex_code_company-1.webp\" width=\"698\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_sex_code_company-1.webp 698w, https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_sex_code_company-1-300x100.webp 300w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f12c262 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f12c262\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6130e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6130e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Example #2:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27230c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27230c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e2235 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95e2235\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-241d0c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"241d0c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is another real life example of an issue that was detected when profiling a legacy mainframe system. Two policies were found to have a premium discount percentage. This was a term life block of business and discounts were not allowed.<\/p><p>We want to detect such anomalies early, as the premium discount percentage affected premium calculation. Clicking on number &#8220;2&#8221; initiates Onward&#8217;s drill-down process. It will retrieve the two underlying records and send output to Excel. See results below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" data-interaction-id=\"365c7d2\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"365c7d2\" id=\"1134\" src=\"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_discount1.webp\" width=\"694\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_discount1.webp 694w, https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_discount1-300x195.webp 300w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d1181f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d1181f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed656b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed656b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f66ea1 elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f66ea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Drilling down shows that policies pol#555a and 000000000001207 have discounts applied, 2.5% and 5%, respectively.<\/p><p>A TIM item would be opened to raise this issue and have it investigated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base e-e924c93-1bb59eb\" data-interaction-id=\"e924c93\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"e924c93\" id=\"1136\" src=\"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_discount2-1.webp\" width=\"659\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_discount2-1.webp 659w, https:\/\/onwardwego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Example_discount2-1-300x40.webp 300w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is up-front data profiling important? 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