Suggestion for getting more helpful feedback -- the first post on this thread should have been this:
My name is Avi Bryant and I'm the chief bottle washer at X. We are going to release a product which performs automatic transformations on data, with an easy-to-use interface based on building examples.
For example, let's say you have a data entry team which has painstakingly transcribed 100,000 customer entries over the years. Their phone number field is an absolute mess -- some customers write 4567890, some write 123 456 7890, some write (123) 456-7890, etc. You want this to be consistent. You could either hire a DBA to do some database/regexp wizardry for you, or you could just write a single example of the proper canonical phone number and our software will just work.
Suggestion for getting more helpful feedback -- the first post on this thread should have been this:
My name is Avi Bryant and I'm the chief bottle washer at X. We are going to release a product which performs automatic transformations on data, with an easy-to-use interface based on building examples.
For example, let's say you have a data entry team which has painstakingly transcribed 100,000 customer entries over the years. Their phone number field is an absolute mess -- some customers write 4567890, some write 123 456 7890, some write (123) 456-7890, etc. You want this to be consistent. You could either hire a DBA to do some database/regexp wizardry for you, or you could just write a single example of the proper canonical phone number and our software will just work.
For an example, try playing directly with this test data: http://www.example.com/i-go-to-test-data-not-a-video
We would particularly appreciate feedback about ease of use and ...