What is ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)

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A retail enterprise extracts POS data, transforms currency formats, and loads it into Azure Synapse for BI dashboards.

Synonyms:
Data extraction pipeline, Data processing workflow, Data preparation pipeline
Defnition:
Moves and transforms data before loading it into a target system.

Variations:
ETL pipeline, ETL workflow, ETL data integration

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