Delivering a Near Real-Time Single View into Operations with a Federated Database

So the data within your organization spans across multiple databases, database platforms, and even storage types, but you need to bring it together and make sense of the data that’s dispersed. This is referred to as a Single View application and it is a common need for many organizations, so you’re not alone!

With MongoDB Data Federation, you can seamlessly query, transform, and aggregate your data from one or more locations, such as within a MongoDB database, AWS S3 buckets, and even HTTP API endpoints. In other words, with Data Federation, you can use the MongoDB Query API to work with your data even if it doesn’t exist within MongoDB.

What’s a scenario where this might make sense?

Let’s say you’re in the automotive or supply chain industries. You have customer data that might exist within MongoDB, but your parts vendors run their own businesses external to yours. However, there’s a need to pair the parts data with transactions for any particular customer. In this scenario, you might want to be able to create queries or views that bring each of these pieces together.

In this tutorial, we’re going to see how quick and easy it is to work with MongoDB Data Federation to create custom views that might aid your sales and marketing teams.