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Smart "Ghost Record" & Early-Arriving Fact Automations #77

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@mattcasters

Missing source data causes corrupt hubs and satellites. In Data Vault, handling late-arriving data or missing parent records usually requires writing custom, tedious logic to insert "Ghost Records" (-1 keys) so referential integrity doesn't implode.

What to add: Built-in Orphan Prevention Layers. Your framework should automatically intercept records that fail referential integrity checks and safely quarantine them or route them to an automated "Error Satellite" while auto-generating the missing Hub placeholder.

Why it lowers frustration: It stops data pipelines from crashing at 2 AM just because a source system sent a child record before a parent recor

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