6.3

The Data Warehouse/Operational Environment Interface

Abstract

The primary interface mechanism between the data warehouse and operational systems is ETL. It is a transformational technology. One component of ETL processing is occasionally the ODS. ETL can feed the ODS as well, and the ODS can feed the data warehouse. On occasion, there is a staging area as data is passed from the operational environment into ETL. An important technology where there is transaction processing is that of CDC – changed data capture

Keywords

CDC
ODS
ETL
data warehouse
transformational technology
ELT
As interesting as the Big Data/existing systems interface is, it is not the only interface the data architect needs to know about. The other major interface ...

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