The QES team have been providing mass data warehouse and matching tools to the public sector since 2009. The applications have evolved over time and now comprise a very user friendly secure web accessed warehouse, where mass data can be either automatically gathered or simply uploaded, a data matching suite of tools and a robust Ad Hoc reporting creation service.

The Hub uses logical algorithms set by your authority to match individuals to their records within other data sources, but importantly supports manual matching, where logic isn’t a strong enough connection.

Once individuals have a golden record containing their own information, the Hub uses further sophisticated matching to join records together into Golden Family Records.

Once created, all the Golden Records are automatically updated with any subsequent mass data refreshes.

With family centric Golden Record tables available within the database, users with an appropriately high accessibility level can query and report any aspect of the families information.

There are a rapidly increasing number of authorities using the Hub in order to support their local Troubled Families program, from finding families who reach the criteria thresholds, through to reaching their individual turnaround objectives and auditing this process as evidence.

The Data Hub engine provides a sophisticated data cube of combined family relational information. Specific elements of this expansive data set can then be used to support IT applications for a multitude of additional purposes.