When I hear the phrase “Data Warehouse Optimization”, shivers go down my spine. It sounds like such a complicated undertaking. After all, data warehouses are big, cumbersome and complex systems that can store terabytes and even petabytes of data that people depend on to make important decisions on the way their business is run. The thought of any type of tinkering with such an integral part of a modern business would make even the most seasoned CIO’s break out into cold sweats.

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At Talend one of my “Shadow IT” jobs is reporting on the component usage. If you have ever used Talend Studio (either the open source Talend Open Studio or the commercial version you most likely know the component tMap. It is the most used component by a long shot. Why? Simply put, it’s because it is extremely versatile and useful. When I was first asked to write this article I thought, “Why not, this will be easy.”