In order to insulate "production-ready" data from updates that may be incomplete or
invalid, EnterWorks supports the creation of separate Staging and Production versions of the
data. They are called Staging and Product environments. Records are stored in the Staging
and Production environments depending on their readiness for use. Production repositories
holds records that are ready for use: they have been validated and are available for
internal use or export. Staging repositories holds records that are in the process of being
populated or validated. Staging is thought of as a work area. Some organizations also have
temporary Pre-staging repositories for records that are not yet ready for Staging.
Pre-staging is typically used for imported data that needs processing or validation before
it is ready for Staging.