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5.3 Discussion

This project has been both fun and instructive. I have learned a lot about how the
whole data replication process is working in the system. I have learned not only
how the systems which are directly discussed in this thesis are working, but also
other systems which are connected to the PIR system but are outside the scope of
the thesis.

I have also gained a lot of knowledge about how to use Microsoft Access since I
was not that experienced with Microsoft Access before I started on this project. I
also learned how to program in VBA since some of the tools needed some extra
data processing, which was not possible to do with Microsoft Access queries and
macros.

Finally I noticed that data quality issues in different data systems made the project
more challenging.