
Using the Data Flow
Now that you understand how to organize the workflow of your package, it is time to learn
how to use the data flow. In this lesson you will focus on designing and implementing pro-
cesses that extract data from various sources, then transform or cleanse the data, and finally
load the data into a destination source. The data flow toolbox exposes several data sources,
transformation tasks, and destination sources that may play a role in the architecture of your
data warehouse ETL process. Each of the aforementioned items can be connected to each
other by various paths. These paths connect the inputs and outputs of the components on the
data flow design surface.
Initially, the Data Flow tab resembles Figure 6-1.
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