The data dictionary
The single reference that becomes your company’s source of truth
You cannot decide without figures you can trust. At Biron we build your data dictionary, to define, document and certify every one of your KPIs in one place, for every team.
In practice, what is a Biron data dictionary?
A data warehouse plus your business rules.
We bring all your data together and structure it in our data warehouse, then we build your reference dictionary. Revenue, margin, conversion rate: every key indicator is defined according to your own business rules. No more figures contradicting each other from one tool to the next — your teams finally work from one shared source of truth.
One complete sheet per indicator
KPI-014
Revenue excl. tax
Certified
- Business definition
- Net sales excluding tax over the period, across every channel.
- Calculation rule
- @Revenue_products + @Revenue_shipping - @Discounts @Refunds
- Source
- E-commerce database
- Validation
- Finance department · signed off on 12/03
- Tests
- Every test passes
The business definition
What the indicator measures, in plain words, in your company’s own language.
The calculation rule
The exact formula: what is in, what is out, and how the edge cases are handled — refunds, currencies, VAT and the rest.
The source
Where the data feeding it comes from.
The sign-off
Who validated the indicator, and when.
What Biron brings is being able to believe the figures you are looking at — so you spend less time arguing about them and more time using them
Data checked and refreshed every day
A data dictionary is only worth something if it stays right over time. Behind every definition, Biron automates everything that makes your data genuinely usable.
That is the difference between a glossary sitting in a shared file and a live, queryable, reliable base — the one every dashboard, every analysis, every spreadsheet and every AI agent leans on.
What runs in the background
- Consistency checks
- Refreshing the flows
- Error detection
- Structuring the data
- Publishing the indicators
- Securing access
One figure, understood the same way by everyone
The real power of the dictionary is alignment. Once every team shares the same definitions, meetings and decisions get sharper straight away. Biron becomes your data source of truth.
KPI-014 certified
Revenue excl. tax
€12.15M
- Finance
- Marketing
- Sales
- Leadership
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One definition
How revenue is calculated is settled once, documented, and applies everywhere.
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Meetings that decide
Nobody argues about whether the figures hold any more — they decide from them.
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Consistency that lasts
Dashboards, exports, analyses and AI agents all tell the same story.
A reference you can read, audit and grow
A good data system should not just produce answers. It should let you understand where they come from, how they are built and how they can change.
That transparency is what makes trust last: your data stays clear, usable and under your control. Because a company should never depend on a system it can neither read, nor check, nor grow.
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The rules are explicit
Every calculation is written down, readable and open to your teams.
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The transformations are traceable
From the source data to the indicator on screen, the path is documented.
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The definitions are versioned
You can see who changed what, and when.
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Access is governed
Down to each individual indicator, according to your own rules.
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The technical layers are auditable
They can be understood, verified and extended.
The dictionary is the heart of Biron
It is what your analytics platform, your AI connector and your integrations all rest on.
Let us build your source of truth
Let us talk about your challenges and discover the Biron solution
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