BLUF: Should I join/append all of our data so we have one workable dataset?
This isn't a technical question, but rather theoretical. We've got data in many places (I'm sure this is common):
Budget in XYZ
Financials in ABC
Stats in DEF
Stats Historical (just switch systems so have a different datamart) in LMN
Everything that our end users do is taking pieces of each of these. I.e. How did we do this year (Stats) compared to last year (Stats Historical), and did that meet our expectations (Budget)? Is Revenue (Financials) in line with forcast (Budget)?
As it stands, we have to go to 4 different places to piece together the full story. My goal/hope/(maybe) pipe dream is to have all 4 sources of truth in one spot so these answers can be found simpler and more quickly.
What is the community's thoughts? Is this worth the time of development/implementation, or is it just "how things are"? Should I press into this as an initiative, or accept where we are at?
Any input is appreciated - I appreciate this community!