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Optimizing ETL by a Two-Level Data Staging Method

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  • Xiufeng Liu

    (Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark)

  • Nadeem Iftikhar

    (University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark)

  • Huan Huo

    (Shanghai University of Science and Technology, China)

  • Per Sieverts Nielsen

    (Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark)

Abstract

In data warehousing, the data from source systems are populated into a central data warehouse (DW) through extraction, transformation and loading (ETL). The standard ETL approach usually uses sequential jobs to process the data with dependencies, such as dimension and fact data. It is a non-trivial task to process the so-called early-/late-arriving data, which arrive out of order. This paper proposes a two-level data staging area method to optimize ETL. The proposed method is an all-in-one solution that supports processing different types of data from operational systems, including early-/late-arriving data, and fast-/slowly-changing data. The introduced additional staging area decouples loading process from data extraction and transformation, which improves ETL flexibility and minimizes intervention to the data warehouse. This paper evaluates the proposed method empirically, which shows that it is more efficient and less intrusive than the standard ETL method.

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  • Xiufeng Liu & Nadeem Iftikhar & Huan Huo & Per Sieverts Nielsen, 2016. "Optimizing ETL by a Two-Level Data Staging Method," International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining (IJDWM), IGI Global, vol. 12(3), pages 32-50, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jdwm00:v:12:y:2016:i:3:p:32-50
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