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would have to be modied. It would tell us that 15 easy ETL programs,
20 medium ETL programs, and 15 hard ETL programs would have to
be modied. ETL is a set of tools utilized to move data from one system
to another and change or transform the data to meet the requirements
of integration and business rules. With this information, we can make
estimates on the number of ETL programmers that we would need, the
timeframe, and the total cost.
Process metadata, including data lineage and impact analysis, are sup-
ported by many tools including Informatica Metadata Manager.
Operational Metadata
Operational metad ...