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AI-Native Dimensional Data Standardisation Agency

Your dimensions are inconsistent.
Our agents fix that.

CleanDims deploys purpose-built AI agents to analyse, cluster, and propose canonical mappings for your categorical data. Every decision goes in front of a human expert before it reaches you.

The Problem

Categorical data grows without a shared standard

Every system that accepts free-text input accumulates variation. Tags, labels, and segment names are each entered independently, each expressing the same concept differently. Over time, cross-system analysis becomes unreliable across every function that depends on that data.

Vendor names. Amazon Web Services, AWS, Amazon AWS, aws four entries, one supplier, no reliable spend total.
Job titles. Software Engineer, SWE, Sr. SDE headcount and compensation reports diverge on the same role.
Customer segments. Finance uses Tier-2. Sales uses Mid-Market. Marketing uses SMB. Revenue attribution cannot reconcile.
Cloud environment tags. prod, PROD, prd, live cost centre allocation splits across variants.
Contract types. MSA, Master Service Agreement, Master Services Agreement legal reporting draws from an incomplete set.
Use Cases

The same problem across every function

Select a function to see how categorical variance manifests in that team's data and what the canonical output looks like.

Finance / FinOps

Vendor names differ across every system that records spend

Purchase orders, invoices, expense reports, and ERP records reference the same suppliers. Spend consolidation and vendor risk reports draw from incomplete sets because four entries refer to one supplier.

Vendor spend consolidated to one canonical name per supplier
ERP, procurement, and expense data aligned for accurate reports
Duplicate supplier records identified and flagged
Vendor Name PO + ERP + ExpensesSame supplier, 5 entries
PO SystemAmazon Web Services
ERPAWS
InvoiceAmazon AWS
Expense toolaws
ContractAmazon Web Services, Inc.
Canonical output
CanonicalAmazon Web Services, Inc. | vendor_id: V-0041
All five entries map to one record. Total spend, contract utilisation, and risk reporting reflect the full picture.
HR & People Ops

Job titles entered as free text produce inconsistent headcount data

Compensation benchmarking, skills gap analysis, and org reporting depend on consistent title data. When ATS, HRIS, and payroll each record the same role differently, headcount by function or level becomes unreliable.

Headcount reports consistent across ATS, HRIS, and payroll
Compensation benchmarking by normalised role and level
Department hierarchy reconciled across systems
Job Title ATS + HRIS + PayrollSame role, 5 entries
ATSSoftware Engineer
HRISSWE
PayrollSr. SDE
Org chartEng - L5
Job boardSW Engineer II
Canonical output
CanonicalSoftware Engineer L5 | function: Engineering | level: IC5
All five entries map to one role. Headcount, compensation bands, and succession planning work consistently.
Marketing

Campaign tags created independently produce fragmented performance data

Campaign performance analysis requires grouping spend and conversion data across all executions. When the same campaign is tagged differently by each team member, aggregated reports are incomplete and budget tracking is unreliable.

Campaign performance aggregated regardless of who tagged it
Event data from CRM, automation, and ad platforms reconciled
Channel spend consolidated across label variants
Campaign Tag CRM + Ad Platform + AnalyticsSame campaign, 5 variants
HubSpotQ4-2024-EMEA-Brand
Meta Adsq4 brand emea
LinkedInEMEA Brand Q4
GA4brand_q4_emea_2024
SpreadsheetQ4 EMEA
Canonical output
CanonicalQ4-2024-EMEA-Brand | region: EMEA | type: brand
Total campaign spend and attributed pipeline draw from all five sources.
Sales & Revenue Operations

Loss reasons entered as free text cannot be aggregated for analysis

Win/loss analysis requires consistent classification. When reps enter reasons freely, the same underlying cause surfaces as a dozen variants. Aggregated loss data cannot drive product, pricing, or positioning decisions.

Loss reason data structured and actionable for decisions
Industry and segment labels normalised across CRM and BI
Competitor tags consolidated for accurate win rate tracking
Loss Reason CRM Free TextSame reason, 6 variants
Rep APrice
Rep Bpricing
Rep Ctoo expensive
Rep Dcost
Rep Ebudget constraints
Rep Fcouldn't justify ROI
Canonical output
CanonicalLoss reason: pricing | category: commercial
Pricing is the top loss reason by volume. A finding invisible before canonicalisation.
Engineering & DevOps

Cloud resource tags applied without a standard fragment cost and security data

Cost allocation, security inventories, and infrastructure monitoring all depend on consistent tagging. When environment and team tags are applied independently at provisioning, the same workload accumulates variants across providers and tools.

Cloud spend attributable to cost centres and environments
Production asset inventory complete for security and compliance
Service names consistent across monitoring and incident tools
Cloud Env Tag AWS + Terraform + DatadogSame environment, 5 tags
AWS EC2Environment: prod
AWS RDSenv: PROD
Terraformenvironment: production
Kubernetesstage: live
Datadogenv: prd
Canonical output
Canonicalenv: production | cost_centre: CC-1029 | team: platform
Production spend was split across 5 variants. Canonical output consolidates it for FinOps, security, and on-call routing.
Product & Data

Product area names used inconsistently across roadmap, tickets, and analytics

Feature attribution, NPS analysis, and roadmap reporting depend on consistent product area classification. When the same area is labelled differently across tools, work cannot be attributed and prioritisation draws from incomplete data.

Feature area consistent across roadmap, tickets, and analytics
User feedback topics structured for analysis at scale
Customer segment definitions consistent across product and marketing
Product Area Jira + Analytics + NPSSame area, 4 labels
JiraOnboarding
Mixpanelonboarding flow
NPS tooluser onboarding
Roadmapsignup
Canonical output
CanonicalOnboarding | area_code: PA-003 | squad: growth
Bugs, feedback, and usage events attributed to one product area. Prioritisation draws from a complete dataset.
Customer Success & Support

Support ticket categories entered by different agents produce unreliable trend data

Ticket routing, SLA compliance, and issue trend analysis depend on consistent category classification. When each agent labels independently, volume by category and time-to-resolution by issue type both fragment across label variants.

Ticket volume by issue type accurate for capacity planning
Customer health labels consistent for at-risk identification
Escalation reason data structured for root cause analysis
Ticket Category Support System Free TextSame issue, 5 labels
Agent ABilling
Agent Bbilling issue
Agent CInvoice
Agent Dinvoice query
Agent Epayment problem
Canonical output
CanonicalBilling | ticket_type: billing | sla_tier: standard
Billing was the top category by volume. Invisible when split across five label variants.
Procurement & Supply Chain

Spend category labels differ across purchase orders, invoices, and expense reports

Category spend management and supplier consolidation depend on categories being consistently applied. When the same spend type carries four different labels across procurement, finance, and expense systems, totals are unreliable and benchmarking is invalid.

Spend category data reliable for category management
Supplier categories consistent for preferred supplier tracking
Contract status classification accurate for compliance monitoring
Spend Category PO + Invoice + Expense + ERPSame category, 4 labels
PO SystemSoftware
InvoiceSaaS
Expense toolsoftware subscription
ERPTechnology
Canonical output
CanonicalSoftware & SaaS | unspsc: 43232700 | gl_account: 6200
Total SaaS spend visible across all systems. Redundant subscriptions can be identified and consolidated.
Why CleanDims

Agents that specialise.
Experts that verify.

Dimensional variance requires pattern recognition, business context, and human judgement. Applied in the right sequence, consistently, at scale. CleanDims is built around that reality.

Specialised Agents, Not General AI

CleanDims runs purpose-built agents for each stage: frequency analysis, syntactic clustering, fuzzy matching, semantic grouping, and canonical proposal. Each agent does one job and does it well. Their outputs compound into a coherent, high-confidence mapping proposal.

No Overwriting of Source Data

CleanDims never touches upstream data. The canonical registry holds a mapping from every raw value to its canonical form. Organisations join this registry against their existing data at query time. Source systems remain unchanged with full auditability.

Human Review Before You See Anything

Every mapping proposal is reviewed by a CleanDims subject matter expert before it enters your review queue. Ambiguous cases are escalated with a recommendation and full context. Agents accelerate the work. Humans are responsible for the decisions.

Templates Compound Into Reusable IP

Successful agent sequences are saved as templates. A workflow that governed vendor names for a financial services client becomes the starting point for the next. Each engagement makes future similar work faster, more accurate, and higher confidence.

One Place for the Whole Organisation

Without a central canonical registry, Finance, Sales, and Analytics each reconcile the same dimensions independently and diverge. CleanDims gives the whole organisation a single reference, maintained in one place, so the same work is never repeated.

Domain Expertise in This Specific Problem

Dimensional variance is not a side problem for us. It is the problem we have studied, seen repeat across industries, and built a methodology specifically to solve. That specialisation means faster processing, fewer escalations, and better canonical decisions.

How It Works

Six steps from raw data
to canonical output

All data transfer, document execution, review, and delivery runs through the CleanDims platform. No integration, no installation, no onboarding. Direct data source connections are on the roadmap.

01
Submit Sample Data
Securely submit a sample of your dimensional data via the CleanDims platform. No integration or IT ticket required.
02
Receive Chaos Assessment
A chaos score, variant cluster map, affected record volumes, and a scoped cleanup estimate returned within one week.
03
Review Scope and Sign Documents
Review the assessment and confirm scope. NDAs, data handling agreements, and engagement terms are all executed within the platform.
04
Submit Full Dataset
Submit the complete dimensional dataset. AI agents process variant clusters. Ambiguous cases are escalated to your SME via the platform.
05
Review Canonical Output
Every mapping decision is staged for your review before finalisation. Accept, query, or request changes on any record before sign-off.
06
Receive Output and Governance Pack
The canonical registry and governance pack are available in CSV, JSON, Parquet, or direct export to your data warehouse.
Step 01 of 06
Submit Sample Data
Securely submit a sample of your dimensional data via the CleanDims platform. No system integration or IT ticket is required to get started.
Accepts CSV, Excel, or JSON exports from any source system
Submit multiple files if the dimension spans several systems
Direct data source connections are on the near-term roadmap
Zero onboarding. Platform access is available immediately. The workflow begins the moment the first file is submitted.
Chaos Assessment

Start here.
No commitment required.

The Chaos Assessment is the starting point for every engagement. It produces a complete picture of categorical variance in a specific dataset before any commitment is made to a full standardisation. The fee is credited in full if an engagement proceeds.

Assessment Fee
$500
One-time. Credited in full against a subsequent engagement.
What you receive regardless of whether you proceed to a full engagement.
Chaos score for the submitted dataset
Full variant cluster map with affected record volumes
Confidence classification per cluster
Initial agent pipeline output for your specific data
Canonical mapping recommendations
Scoped cleanup estimate including effort, timeline, and cost
Delivered within one week of data submission
Request a Chaos Assessment
Full Engagement Outputs

Everything delivered.
Nothing retained.

All outputs from a full engagement are owned outright by the organisation. No ongoing dependency on CleanDims to maintain or operate them.

01
Canonical Dimension Registry

Complete mapping of all raw values to canonical form. Delivered in CSV, JSON, Parquet, or direct warehouse export. Every mapping includes the agent confidence score and the full decision trail.

02
Enrichment Layer

Canonical values enriched with standard identifiers where applicable: UNSPSC codes, SIC/NAICS classifications, ISO codes.

03
Stewardship Rules

Decision logic used during the engagement, documented so the organisation's team can classify new values without external input.

04
Governance Playbook

Process document covering ongoing taxonomy maintenance: new values, edge cases, periodic audits, and system onboarding.

05
Decision Log

Complete record of every mapping decision, including rationale for ambiguous cases. The audit trail for any classification later questioned.

06
Output Compatibility

Output loads into Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, dbt, Looker, Tableau, and Power BI. No additional tooling required.

Output Compatibility

Works with the tools
already in place

CleanDims works alongside the data tools already in use. The canonical output is a structured data file that loads into any tool that accepts tabular data. No migration and no new tooling required to receive or use it.

Output formats: CSV, JSON, Parquet, and direct export to data warehouses. For organisations using dbt, the canonical registry can be delivered as a seed file that plugs into existing models.
Snowflake BigQuery Databricks Redshift dbt Looker Tableau Power BI CSV / Parquet JSON
Resources

Understand the problem.
Then decide.

We publish what we know about categorical data variance: where it originates, why it persists, and how to resolve it. Free to read, no commitment required.

Why Dimensional Data Gets Messy
The origin story of inconsistent categorical data in every organisation. How it forms, why it persists, and why it is nobody's fault. 12 sections. No sales pitch.
Why Dimensional Data Outlives Every Tool
DQ tools catch broken data. MDM governs entity records. Neither was built for categorical naming variance. The problem that sits in the gap. 11 sections.
FAQ

Questions

For anything not covered here, use the assessment form to get in touch.

CleanDims is not a software tool you operate yourself, and it is not a traditional consulting engagement. It is an AI-native agency: specialised AI agents do the heavy analytical and clustering work, CleanDims experts review every output before it reaches you, and you approve the final canonical decisions. You submit your data and receive governed dimensions. The agents and experts handle everything in between.
A one-week analysis of a sample dataset. Output: chaos score, variant cluster map, affected record volumes, confidence classifications, canonical mapping recommendations, and a scoped cleanup estimate. The $500 fee is credited in full if a cleanup engagement proceeds. All output is owned by the organisation regardless of next steps.
Agents are excellent at pattern detection, syntactic normalisation, and high-confidence clustering. They are not reliable for decisions that require business context: whether two terms that look similar are the same concept in your organisation's vocabulary, or whether a cluster should be split because your business distinguishes two things that look identical from the outside. CleanDims experts provide that judgement before anything reaches your review queue.
Yes. NDAs and data handling agreements are signed before any dataset is submitted. Access is restricted to the CleanDims team members assigned to the engagement and the client's designated contacts. Data is held only for the duration of the engagement and deleted on completion unless a governance retainer is in place.
Data catalogues and MDM platforms are enterprise software tools that manage metadata, data lineage, and entity golden records. They require implementation projects, ongoing licences, and dedicated administration. CleanDims addresses a narrower, adjacent problem: the inconsistent categorical naming that accumulates across systems over time. The canonical registry CleanDims produces can sit alongside and feed into whatever governance tooling is already in place. For a full walkthrough of where MDM ends and this problem begins, read Why Dimensional Data Outlives Every Tool.
Absolutely. CleanDims can help with that too. For organisations that want to build internal capability, the engagement includes knowledge transfer: the stewardship rules, the classification framework, and the decision logic are all documented and handed over. The goal is self-sufficiency, not dependency.
This is a common starting position. Dimensional variance arises through no one's fault. Free-text fields entered by multiple people naturally produce variation. It is not a sign of poor process or careless data entry. The problem tends to be invisible until it causes a specific, visible failure: a report that does not balance, an audit that fails, or an analysis that produces contradictory results depending on which system is queried. Why Dimensional Data Gets Messy walks through exactly how this forms in every organisation, and why it is structural rather than the result of poor data practice.
No. CleanDims produces a separate canonical registry that maps raw values to canonical forms. Source systems are never written to. Organisations join the registry against their existing data at query time, leaving the upstream data exactly as it is. No risk of data loss, no migration, and a complete audit trail.
For the assessment, only the person responsible for the dataset. For a full engagement, a data engineer, analytics lead, or operations manager as primary contact, plus a subject matter expert from the relevant business function for ambiguous classification decisions. Typically two to three hours per week during the active processing period.
The Chaos Assessment takes one week. A full cleanup engagement runs four to eight weeks from scope acceptance to final delivery, depending on dataset volume and the number of categorical domains in scope. The exact timeline is specified in the scope produced during the assessment.
Get Started

Start with the
Chaos Assessment

Submit a sample dataset. See how CleanDims agents classify your specific dimension data before any commitment is made to a full engagement.

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