2. What is ETL? Extracting data from outside sources Transforming it to fit operational needs Loading it into the end target (DB)
3. Extracting the Excel Errors: Nulll entry Spelling errors Space at the end of entries Start at the end of entries Duplicity
4. Normalize/Transform?? GOAL: Decompose relations with anomalies in order to produce smaller, well-structured relations. Involves dividing large tables into smaller (and less redundant) tables and defining relationships between them.
5. Tools tried & USED MS SQL SERVER MY SQL Clover ETL Designer Advanced ETL Processor Pentaho DI
6. Pentaho Data Integration Power Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) capabilities using an innovative, metadata-driven approach. With an intuitive, graphical, drag and drop design environment, and a proven, scalable, standards-based architecture. http://kettle.pentaho.com/
7. Why Pentaho Data Integration? Open Source ETL supported User Friendly Easy to use