A framework for the design of ETL scenarios

  • Authors:
  • Panos Vassiliadis;Alkis Simitsis;Panos Georgantas;Manolis Terrovitis

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Ioannina, Dept. of Computer Science, Ioannina, Greece;National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng., Athens, Greece;National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng., Athens, Greece;National Technical University of Athens, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng., Athens, Greece

  • Venue:
  • CAiSE'03 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Extraction-Transformation-Loading (ETL) tools are pieces of software responsible for the extraction of data from several sources, their cleansing, customization and insertion into a data warehouse. In this paper, we delve into the logical design of ETL scenarios. We describe a framework for the declarative specification of ETL scenarios with two main characteristics: genericity and customization. Moreover, we present a palette of several templates, representing frequently used ETL activities along with their semantics and their interconnection. Finally, we discuss implementation issues and we present a graphical tool, ARKTOS II that facilitates the design of ETL scenarios, based on our model.