Data Engineering Patterns for the AgileData Event Tile, AgileData Engineering Pattern #5 - Episode #71

Episode 71 of the Agile Data N’ Info podcast, hosted by AgileData, titled "Data Engineering Patterns for the AgileData Event Tile, AgileData Engineering Pattern #5 - Episode #71" was published on July 30, 2025 and runs 16 minutes.

July 30, 2025 ·16m · Agile Data N’ Info

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Summary

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern for the AgileData Event Tile. The Event Tile Data Modeling pattern captures business processes and transactions within AgileData's three-layered data architecture, modeling "who does what" at a specific point in time. It achieves this by storing only a small number of core business keys in insert-only event tables. These event records are then automatically hydrated into a "consume tile" by joining with all relevant detail attributes that were current at the exact moment the event occurred, ensuring an accurate, time-staged narrative. This provides data consumers with a rich, wide, and historically accurate view of events, simplifying the querying of complex historical changes and state transitions. An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default. If you want a copy of the pattern template head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/169697974/pattern-name Discover more AgileData Engineering Patterns over at https://agiledata.substack.com/s/agiledata-engineering-patterns If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn. Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser | Deezer | Podcast Addict | Buy the Green Book now! Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Episode Description

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern for the AgileData Event Tile.

The Event Tile Data Modeling pattern captures business processes and transactions within AgileData's three-layered data architecture, modeling "who does what" at a specific point in time. It achieves this by storing only a small number of core business keys in insert-only event tables. These event records are then automatically hydrated into a "consume tile" by joining with all relevant detail attributes that were current at the exact moment the event occurred, ensuring an accurate, time-staged narrative. This provides data consumers with a rich, wide, and historically accurate view of events, simplifying the querying of complex historical changes and state transitions.

An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default.

If you want a copy of the pattern template head over to:

https://agiledata.substack.com/i/169697974/pattern-name

Discover more AgileData Engineering Patterns over at https://agiledata.substack.com/s/agiledata-engineering-patterns

If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.