The Data Vault organizes archived data in databases and tables. A database is equivalent to the Data Vault archive folder in the Data Vault. The database and table names correspond to the database and table names in the archive source. The Data Vault stores the archived data and metadata in data files associated with a table.

You can view information about the databases and tables and their associated data files. You can verify that the data and metadata in the Data Vault are valid and do not contain inconsistencies such as data files not associated with a valid archived table.