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ETL (Software)

ALSO CALLED: Data Extraction Software, Database Extraction Software, and Extract Transform Load
DEFINITION: In managing databases, extract, transform, load (ETL) refers to three separate functions combined into a single programming tool. First, the extract function reads data from a specified source database and extracts a desired subset of data. Next, the transform function works with the acquired  … 
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Business Intelligence Fundamentals: Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services 2008 (SSIS)
sponsored by Microsoft
WEBCAST: This course will cover how to use SQL Server Integration Services 2008 (SSIS) to manage an Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process.
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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How real-time can ETL get?
sponsored by Syncsort
PODCAST: View this Podcast to learn more about how to use ETL today to optimize demanding data environments as well as when and how ETL can effectively support near-real-time requirements.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 07 Oct 2008
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Optimizing ETL for demanding data environments
sponsored by Syncsort
WEBCAST: View this Webcast and complimentary Podcast to learn more about how to use ETL today to optimize demanding data environments as well as when and how ETL can effectively support near-real-time requirements.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Avoiding Data Integration Pitfalls
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software
WEBCAST: In this Webcast, featured speaker Michael Czerniawski of System's Evolution, Inc. (SEI), discusses data integration pitfalls and will provide you the five keys to getting the information you need now.
Posted: 13 May 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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ETL (SOFTWARE) DEFINITION (continued): …  data - using rules or lookup tables, or creating combinations with other data - to convert it to the desired state. Finally, the load function is used to write the resulting data (either all of the subset or just the changes) to a target database, which may or may not previously exist.

ETL can be used to acquire a temporary subset of data for reports or other purposes, or a more permanent data set may be acquired for other purposes such as: the population of a data mart or data … 
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