What is Structured and unstructured data?
In short
Structured data fits a fixed format of rows and columns, such as general ledger tables. Unstructured data has no predefined format, such as emails, contracts, images and audio; semi-structured data, such as tagged files, falls in between.
Key takeaways
- Most new data is unstructured.
- Analyzing unstructured data needs tools such as text analytics.
- Structured data is easier to query, validate and reconcile.
Where it's tested
BAR: Data Analytics for Accounting — study notes, a five-minute revision sheet and practice questions.
Practise: 3 questions
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Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?