What are derived data?
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What are derived data?
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Derived data are values that have been obtained by performing some calculations on database values. For example, a table contains Hours and Wages per hour as attributes. In order to find out the total wages of each worker, the following calculation has to be performed to obtain the total wages:
The value so obtained is known as derived data.
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