Which of the following is a step in the view integration process?

• A. Compliance with SOX and other financial reporting laws.
• B. Reducing hardware maintenance costs.
• C. Decreasing data quality checks.
• D. Eliminating the need for data governance.

Answer: (A)

View integration is about assembling data from multiple sources into a single, coherent view that is accurate and trustworthy. A crucial step in this process is ensuring regulatory compliance and governance for financial data. Compliance with SOX and other financial reporting laws means implementing controls, documenting data lineage, controlling access, and maintaining audits for data used in financial reporting. This helps ensure the integrated view supports correct, auditable financial statements.

The other options don’t fit with the goals of creating a reliable integrated view: reducing hardware maintenance costs is an IT operations concern, not a step in building the integrated data view; decreasing data quality checks would undermine reliability; eliminating the need for data governance would remove essential guardrails that keep the integrated data consistent, accurate, and compliant.