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From Business Requirements to Data Products

Building a Modern Data Warehouse with Medallion Architecture

Learn how ER/Studio connects business requirements, metadata, and architecture to deliver trusted, governed data products across your Medallion layers.

A Modern Approach to Turning Business Requirements Into Data Products

In this on-demand LinkedIn Live fireside chat, ER/Studio’s Jamie Knowles and Tim Rone walk through how to build a modern data warehouse by grounding every decision in business understanding, shared metadata, and reusable architectural patterns.

You’ll see how ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition helps you design data products, apply governance from day one, and realize those products through the Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers of your warehouse.

Designing a Medallion Architecture That Stays Connected to the Business

ER/Studio provides the modeling, metadata, and governance capabilities needed to ensure consistency across your entire data platform. In this session, Jamie and Tim demonstrate how teams can:

Model Business Domains and Create an Enterprise Logical Data Model (ELDM)

Capture business concepts, ownership, policies, and terminology using a logical layer that scales across projects and teams.

Connect Business Definitions to Real Data Sources

Reverse-engineer databases, apply naming standards, map metadata to glossary terms, and unify context using Team Server and catalog integrations.

Define Data Products and Business-Level Contracts

Use ER/Studio and Microsoft Purview to design consistent, governed data products based on clear, shared definitions.

Realize Those Data Products Through Medallion Architecture

Design Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers using reusable logical models, lineage, and warehouse patterns for star schema and 3NF/Vault structures.

Strengthen Governance and Adoption With Shared Metadata

Ensure every domain, data product, and warehouse layer aligns with the business glossary, data contracts, and enterprise standards.

How It All Comes Together

By the end of the session, you’ll see how ER/Studio forms a complete, repeatable process for delivering trusted data products:

  • Business requirements flow into well-defined domains and logical models.
  • Metadata and governance remain connected from glossary to source systems.
  • Data products are defined using shared language and business-level contracts.
  • Warehouse layers stay consistent by reusing the same logical blueprint.
  • Every layer, from Bronze to Gold, supports discoverability, trust, and governance.

The result is a modern data warehouse built on clarity, consistency, and shared understanding. ER/Studio gives teams the structure they need to scale data products without losing business context or architectural integrity.

Have Questions?

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an Enterprise Logical Data Model (ELDM) and why is it important?

An ELDM represents your business domains, entities, ownership, and definitions at a logical level. It acts as the semantic anchor for every downstream asset, ensuring consistency across data products, catalog tools, and Medallion layers.

How does ER/Studio connect business requirements to technical architecture?

ER/Studio links glossary terms, logical entities, physical structures, lineage, and data product definitions into a shared metadata ecosystem. This allows teams to trace requirements from business concepts to modeled warehouse layers and deployed assets.

Can data products be defined in business language?

Yes. ER/Studio integrates with Microsoft Purview, enabling business users to submit data product requests, generate AI-assisted models, and define contracts. These product definitions then map to source assets and warehouse layers for delivery.

How does ER/Studio support Medallion Architecture design?

Teams can model Bronze (raw), Silver (standardized), and Gold (curated) layers using the same logical blueprint. ER/Studio provides lineage modeling, refactoring tools, warehouse design, and metadata publishing to ensure alignment across all layers.

How does governance stay aligned throughout the process?

By linking glossary terms, domain models, classifications, lineage, and data products inside ER/Studio and Team Server, governance remains embedded in every modeling and design decision.

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