3. Data Model&Transformation

Question 1

Need for communication among processes

Answer 1

use each other’s functions or services and exchange data, in order to realise business processes, within and between enterprises

Question 2

Need for communication among microservices

Answer 2

• each microservice implements functions for 1 entity
• microservice can be deployed separately to diff machines
• status change in a microservice may induce changes in other microservices -> triggers communication
• UI need communications with underlying microservices

Question 3

what is a data model

Answer 3

defines how the data is structured and accessed within and across applications and/or microservices

Question 4

what is data transformation (3)

Answer 4

formatting:
- mapping of fields inside of input and output data
- mapping of messages (one-to-one, one-to-many, etc)
filtering:
- filter some fields/messaged based on conditions
translation:
- change language or medium for describing the data

Question 5

Common Data Model

Answer 5

CDM is a data model that is commonly recognised across different units of an enterprise or different enterprises and can be processed by many applications and/or microservices
- helps reduce the amount of data transformations needed when realising the communication among applications and microservices