An apparatus for use by a communication network element or function configured to act as a data collection coordination function in a communication network, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to receive, from a data consumer, a request for providing data for processing by the data consumer, and to process the request, the processing including to determine whether the requested data are available as history data, in case the determination is negative, to obtain, from a configuration management function, a meta data instance related to the requested data, to create a schema of the requested data based on the meta data instance, to obtain a schema for accessing the data being provided by a data source for making the data reusable as history data, and to register the obtained meta data instance and the schema for accessing the data in a repository, wherein in case the determination whether the requested data are available as history data is affirmative, the processing further includes to request the repository to resolve the meta data instance generated on the basis of the request, to obtain an indication of data resources for history data corresponding to the requested data, to request a datamining job for the history data at a data store control management function, to receive the history data from a data storage, and to forward the history data to the data consumer. at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to receive, from a data consumer, a request for providing data for processing by the data consumer, and to process the request, the processing including to determine whether the requested data are available as history data, in case the determination is negative, to obtain, from a configuration management function, a meta data instance related to the requested data, to create a schema of the requested data based on the meta data instance, to obtain a schema for accessing the data being provided by a data source for making the data reusable as history data, and to register the obtained meta data instance and the schema for accessing the data in a repository, wherein in case the determination whether the requested data are available as history data is affirmative, the processing further includes to request the repository to resolve the meta data instance generated on the basis of the request, to obtain an indication of data resources for history data corresponding to the requested data, to request a datamining job for the history data at a data store control management function, to receive the history data from a data storage, and to forward the history data to the data consumer. to receive, from a data consumer, a request for providing data for processing by the data consumer, and to process the request, the processing including to determine whether the requested data are available as history data, in case the determination is negative, to obtain, from a configuration management function, a meta data instance related to the requested data, to create a schema of the requested data based on the meta data instance, to obtain a schema for accessing the data being provided by a data source for making the data reusable as history data, and to register the obtained meta data instance and the schema for accessing the data in a repository, wherein in case the determination whether the requested data are available as history data is affirmative, the processing further includes to request the repository to resolve the meta data instance generated on the basis of the request, to obtain an indication of data resources for history data corresponding to the requested data, to request a datamining job for the history data at a data store control management function, to receive the history data from a data storage, and to forward the history data to the data consumer.