All data is accessed via Vantage (not always ingested into it though as users may want data to stay in their source systems) and regardless of where the data is loaded Vantage ensures that there is a common identifier to link the data across different locations. Each location has a unique identifier to indicate its source and each higher-level record (e.g. customer name) is mapped to a unique identifier that spans these locations. This way, we can easily analyze the data at the customer level or the location level or any other level based on the granular identifiers that are applied. This is a very common occurrence in today’s world of hybrid data storage and Teradata has had numerous applications of this with our customers.